'I’d like to say yes but the alternatives worry me' - Sir Keir Starmer battles on amid calls for resignation
“I’d like to say yes but the alternatives worry me.”
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s position remains fragile following very poor Labour results in recent local and devolved elections.
Dozens of MPs have publicly called from the Prime Minister to resign or announce a timetable for leaving office but he has responded defiantly, telling cabinet colleagues and MPs he intends to stay on.
Voices on the Fylde Coast were mixed over whether he should stay or go. Alice Walker said the whole thing was a waste of time and MPs ‘should get on with they were all elected to do and that is govern.”
Most people agreed that he should stay - particularly because it was felt there weren’t suitable alternatives.
Ste Beswick said that under normal circumstances he would say he should go but there are ‘no credible pretenders to the throne.’
“We can't include Andy Burnham because he's not an MP,” he said. “The problem with Keir Starmer is that he's not cut out for politics, and, coupled with a robotic personality, he's a very feeble minded and weak leader. He does not inspire the electorate at large.”
“We really do not need more chopping and changing like we had with the Tories,” commented Lindsay Moran “and what we most definitely do not need is Reform getting any toes in the door.”
Norma Brown thought it was better the devil you know - “Who the heck would take his place ? No one in the Labour party I can think of, that’s for sure!”
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Martin O’Hare felt the most important move the Government could do at the moment is steadying the ship.
“The constant infighting makes that nearly impossible,” he said. “How are we meant to gain any sort of momentum if all they do is fight among themselves?
“You would think that after a 14-year stretch in power, the previous government would have left a unified "vision" firmly in place. Instead, we saw 5 different leaders during that time, only 3 of whom the public actually had a say on at the ballot box.
“I also think a lot of the friction comes down to how overly complex our local representation is. I could practically step out my back door and throw a stone into three different constituencies run by two different parties!
“How can we expect meaningful local progress when there are so many competing agendas in such a small radius?”
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