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Labour MPs talking openly about replacing PM as poll suggests just 26% of Labour members have favourable view of him as party leaderOn Saturday the Guardian published a long read report by Pippa Crerar and Jessica Elgot on the views of Labour MPs about Keir Starmer. They found there is some serious talk of trying to replace him, although no guarantee that this plotting will get anywhere.Bloomberg has published the results of a similar exercise by Alex Wickham. He summarises his findings here. Like the Guardian, he has found a lot of unhappiness, but no certainty that a replacement candidate is viable.— Many MPs who spoke to Bloomberg think talk of replacing Starmer is premature. But they also said the left and remarkably a lot of the soft left are seriously trying to take him out.— The problem for the plotters is the lack of viable replacement: Continue reading...
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Labour MPs talking openly about replacing PM as poll suggests just 26% of Labour members have favourable view of him as party leader
On Saturday the Guardian published a long read report by Pippa Crerar and Jessica Elgot on the views of Labour MPs about Keir Starmer. They found there is some serious talk of trying to replace him, although no guarantee that this plotting will get anywhere.
Bloomberg has published the results of a similar exercise by Alex Wickham. He summarises his findings here. Like the Guardian, he has found a lot of unhappiness, but no certainty that a replacement candidate is viable.
— Many MPs who spoke to Bloomberg think talk of replacing Starmer is premature. But they also said the left and remarkably a lot of the soft left are seriously trying to take him out.
— The problem for the plotters is the lack of viable replacement:
Continue reading...
