Keir Starmer Clings On As Dozens Of Labour MPs Call On Him To Quit

Nearly 60 have now said he must go – and the number is rising.

Keir Starmer is clinging on to power despite dozens of Labour MPs joined calls for him to quit as prime minister.

Nearly 60 backbenchers had called on him to quit by Monday evening after a steady stream of MPs joined the rebellion despite Starmer delivering a speech pledging to turn around the party’s fortunes.

The PM once again vowed not to “walk away” from No.10 and said he would prove the doubters wrong, despite Labour’s drubbing in last week’s elections at the hands of Reform UK and the Greens.

He said: “This is nothing less than a battle for the soul of our nation and I want to be crystal clear about how we will win it because we cannot win as a weaker version of Reform or the Greens.

“We can only win as a stronger version of Labour, a mainstream party of power,........

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