If the polls are to be believed, a bruising set of local election results are on the way for Sir Keir Starmer and his government. Following multiple policy U-turns, the hiring and subsequent sacking of Peter Mandelson and anaemic economic growth, the Prime Minister’s critics argue that these elections will deliver a verdict on his leadership and the “change” he promised the nation. But if voters do send that message, is it really time to get rid of Sir Keir? Replacing a PM is far from simple, and while it can sound like a fresh start, you only need to look back to the latter years of the Conservative government to see the chaos and panic a leadership change can cause. So, should Labour replace the PM after the local elections? Our columnist Ian Dunt, political editor Hugo Gye and Spiked’s chief political writer Brendan O’Neill offer their perspectives.

If the polls are to be believed, a bruising set of local election results are on the way for Sir Keir Starmer and his government. Following multiple policy U-turns, the hiring and subsequent sacking of Peter Mandelson and anaemic economic growth, the Prime Minister’s critics argue that these elections will deliver a verdict on his leadership and the “change” he promised the nation.

But if voters do send that message, is it really time to get rid of Sir Keir? Replacing a PM is far from simple, and while it can sound like a fresh start, you only need to look back to the latter years of the Conservative government to see the chaos and panic a leadership change can cause.

So, should Labour replace the PM after the local elections? Our columnist Ian Dunt, political editor Hugo Gye and Spiked’s chief political writer Brendan O’Neill offer their perspectives.

We’re trapped in a liminal space. All the reasons for keeping Keir Starmer as Labour leader have fallen away but it is not in any one individual’s interest to replace him. We’re stuck:........

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