Starmer Could Fall Soon

Keir Starmer could be on the way out, but if he is booted by his own party without triggering Parliamentary elections, chances are that somebody even worse, if possible, will replace him. 

There is no doubt that Sir Keir himself is the main problem: polling shows him to be among the most unpopular prime ministers ever.

Yup. https://t.co/1K3rJniP40

— Laurence Fox (@LozzaFox) November 12, 2025

Numerous political problems beset Starmer, and most of these stem from his and Labour’s misguided and potentially dangerous policies. As awful a Prime Minister as he is, he is even a worse politician. And, of course, Labour itself is a menace to the Western world. 

I know I write more often about the decline of Great Britain than might seem appropriate, but I do so for many reasons. First, of course, is because I am personally interested in British politics, and I get to write about whatever I want. It’s a blog, after all. 

But why should you share my interest? Britain sets the tone for the Anglosphere, and of course, it is a cornerstone of the Western alliance of “free” nations. America may be the leader of the “free” world (it pains me that I have to use scare quotes these days), but Great Britain and America closely parallel each other often enough. Thatcher preceded Reagan, and John Major was very much an H.W. Bush-type politician. Sad to say, Tony Blair was something of a mashup of Clinton and Bush the younger, and the decline of the Tories mirrored that of the Republican establishment here in the U.S. 

The parallels are not exact, but the two countries’ politics rhyme, shall we say. 

While Starmer is not a Biden clone, he even mirrored many of Biden’s priorities, including Net Zero, unlimited migration, and state interference in the economy. And the Brits were very helpful in implementing Biden’s censorship agenda. 

Starmer is in deep trouble—so deep that he has announced that he will fight any attempt to replace him, which is a sure indication that the race to do so is on. He’s not just a bad leader of his party; he’s wildly unpopular.

It was the moment any pretence of unity in the Cabinet was shattered.

On Tuesday night, Downing Street figures went over the top to declare that Sir Keir Starmer was determined to fight any leadership challenge that was launched.

And in an extraordinary breakdown of Cabinet cohesion, the Prime Minister’s allies pointed the finger at Wes Streeting as the main leadership rival on manoeuvres.

It’s clear to see why MPs are jittery, but less easy to understand why No 10 decided to launch such a full-frontal assault two weeks before the Budget.

It is true that backbenchers fear for their seats after a series of increasingly bad polling figures. Just 16 months after a landslide election victory, a recent YouGov survey put Labour in fourth place (behind Reform UK, the Tories and the Greens) on just 17 per cent: the lowest the pollster had ever recorded.

Labour is behind the GREENS. That is a remarkable achievement. Going from first to last in no time flat. 

No 10 has tried reset after reset, including a wholesale reshuffle in September, but none has shifted the dial. As a sign of his weakness, Ed Miliband simply refused to move as Energy Secretary when Sir Keir tried to get rid of him.

Last month, Sir Keir failed to get Bridget Phillipson installed as Labour’s deputy leader and has been left with Lucy Powell, the very woman he removed from the Cabinet a month earlier.

Many of the failings come straight from the top: the Prime Minister’s reliance on delegation, which means he can never get to grips with the detail of policies or spot potential mistakes coming down the track.

He also has poor relations with his MPs, who complain they are left out of decision-making.

A strong PM in a parliamentary system has enormous power; but a weak one is on the way to doom, because there is no set term (aside from the requirement that elections be held within 5 years). As the Tories showed, PMs can be changed in between elections. 

Should Starmer fall, what direction will Labour go? 

Nowhere good, that’s for sure. The ideological center in Labour is to the left of Starmer, who is to the left of the country and especially of the policies necessary to get the country back on track. 

Many backbenchers are concerned that the party is moving too far to the Right on immigration to counter Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. There is frustration at a lack of clarity from No 10 about the direction of policy. For example, how does a dash for growth combine with the continuation of the green agenda?

This is a party that, after all, had Jeremy Corbyn in charge not so long ago. They dumped him because he was an electoral disaster, but the spirit of Corbynism has not been extinguished. 

Of course, Labour’s massive victory in the elections didn’t stem from popularity. Labour’s share of the vote in 2024 only increased by 1.6% from the previous election. The conservatives, however, lost almost half their vote. 

Through the magic of “first past the post” elections, that led to Labour gaining 211 seats and the Conservatives losing 251. Labour has two-thirds of the seats in Parliament, despite winning only one-third of the votes. 

Go figure. The two-party system may suck, but having more than two viable parties can suck even more. 

Potential Starmer replacements are not popular either; polling shows that his competitors are all on a path to lose their seats in the next elections. 

You love to see Ed Miliband so unpopular, at least. He is the guy who is pushing the most insane Net Zero policies in the world. I’m mildly surprised he is not proposing cannibalism as a solution to global warming. He is to energy policy as Scott Weiner is to sexual policies. 

Maybe next year he will go for the cannibalism angle. There’s time. 

Ironically, the MP who is almost, but not quite, openly campaigning for the top spot is Wes Streeting, who came close to losing the last election. His prospects don’t look so hot for the next one. 

As things stand, Reform UK stands at 33%, with every other party at 20% or below. 

Of course, while there are many by-elections between now and the time that Parliamentary elections are required by law, those elections need not take place until August 2029. 

That’s a long time for Britain to labour under Labour. 

Editor’s Note: After more than 40 days of screwing Americans, a few Dems have finally caved. The Schumer Shutdown was never about principle—just inflicting pain for political points. They own this.

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