Sunday, November 09, 2025
Government in turmoil
The paper says that the plot has its origins in the despair about the party’s poll ratings and concern that the government may break Labour’s manifesto promise not to raise income tax to fill a hole in the public finances, suggesting that there is mounting discontent among Labour backbenchers:
While a challenge against the prime minister is not thought to be imminent, a number of MPs, cabinet ministers and party strategists told The i Paper that conversations around Sir Keir’s future have increased in recent weeks, before a backdrop of continued turmoil in the government.
The latest warnings come after a new poll from More in Commons put Labour in third place behind Reform and the Tories, dropping three points to just 18 per cent support.
The Conservatives leapfrogged Sir Keir’s party, moving ahead of Labour with 19 per cent backing, while Reform was out in front with 31 per cent backing.
Speaking the morning after Sir Keir addressed a meeting of the parliamentary Labour Party last week, one minister said he and colleagues were “talking about the who and the how and the when to replace him”.
Meanwhile, a Labour backbencher accused the PM of being in denial about the fragility of his position, saying: “It’s a mix of everything. It’s the botched reshuffle. It’s all the poll ratings.
“It’s having to break the manifesto commitment to raise income tax in the Budget. It’s Peter Mandelson. It’s a belief among the PLP that the prime minister and Downing Street don’t really like them or respect them. Eventually, that feeling becomes mutual.”
Is it only a matter of time before this discontent breaks out into a leadership challenge?
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Thatcher sells the country to anyone who wants a share. Prosperity for those who buy into it. Fast forward to 2008 and the financial crash and then 2010 austerity measures that rebalance the economy. 2015 COMPLETE control for Conservatives who continue austerity on a false premise and turn to the right.Brexit, lies false promises,right wing influences. All leading to UK decline. Covid knocks the country sideways after the Conservatives abuse of the system and today our own country unable to do much cos we are reliant on the rest of the world owning us.
Right wing pressures and media powers attacking the stability we still have.Starmer doing his best with one hand tied behind his back.It does not matter who is PM ,ALL the pressure will still be there. The country can climb out, when we accept that IF we need to prosper, the TAX SYSTEM will have to be simplified and money raised from wherever we can get it. Plough it back into the structure of the country. The country NEEDS UNITY to develop
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Right wing pressures and media powers attacking the stability we still have.Starmer doing his best with one hand tied behind his back.It does not matter who is PM ,ALL the pressure will still be there. The country can climb out, when we accept that IF we need to prosper, the TAX SYSTEM will have to be simplified and money raised from wherever we can get it. Plough it back into the structure of the country. The country NEEDS UNITY to develop
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