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He premier British Keir Starmer He met this Monday with the leadership of his party trying to calm things down and obtain their unconditional supportafter the Scottish Labor leader’s statements Anas Sarwar asking for his resignation.
“I am not prepared to renounce my mandate and my responsibility to the country,” he announced behind closed doors before his parliamentary group. “I will not allow anything to distract us from our mission to change Britain,” he added.
Some attendees at the meeting declared that Starmer acknowledged his mistakes and promised to restore relations with parliamentarians critical of his management. He also shared the lines of action against the party of Nigel Farage, Reform Britain. The witnesses claim that the Labor leader will put up a fight.
However, the prime minister heard criticism from some of his coreligionists who doubted his ability to turn the situation around: Labor is trailing Farage in the polls and the rise in the cost of living continues to be one of the issues of greatest concern for the British, only behind immigration.
The focus will continue to be on No. 10 Downing Street in the coming hours: The Guardian newspaper published exclusively this Tuesday that Chris Wormaldcabinet secretary, “would be negotiating his departure.” If so, it would be the third resignation in Starmer’s circle in less than a week.
The crisis was unleashed with the resignation of his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, after it was learned that he had recommended to the prime minister the appointment of ambassador Peter Mandelson, dismissed for his relationship with the ‘Epstein case’.
Sources of British government have declared that Wormald “has his days numbered” and that the premier is determined to reaffirm his authority over his parliamentary group, after the turbulence of recent days.
Wormald was appointed cabinet secretary in December 2024 amid controversy. People close to the prime minister called the decision “disastrous.”
Can the Government fall?
Monday’s meeting with his parliamentarians served to make clear his intention to continue the fight. As the situation is at the moment, resignation is out of the question. However, Labor party rules provide for his replacement.
The procedure is not simple: any candidate who would like to challenge Starmer’s leadership would have to secure the support of at least 81 deputies, the 20% of the 404 seats occupied by Labor. A certain support from grassroots organizations would also have to be ensured.
Qualified applicants with the necessary support would be subjected to an internal voting process. If only one candidate were presented, there would be no vote and he would be automatically elected as the new party leader.
The list of potential successors to Starmer is long, although Labor has not replaced any of its prime ministers in the party’s more than 125-year history. This is not the case of the conservative party, which has changed premiers five times in the last ten years.
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