Unite boss says it is “inevitable” that “rudderless” Prime Minister will be ousted
Sharon Graham launched an attack on Sir Keir Starmer (Image: GETTY)
Sir Keir Starmer being replaced as Labour leader is “inevitable”, a union chief has declared. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham warned that the Government risks “sowing the seeds of its own destruction” if it does not change course.
She added that a new Labour leader with the same agenda “won’t cut it” as she called for the scrapping of net zero policies and the introduction of a wealth tax. Writing in The Times, she said: “There is much agonising right now about whether, when and who should replace the prime minister.
“That is inevitable. But a new Labour leader with the same policies won’t cut it.”
Describing the country as “rudderless”, she added: “The Government needs to decide what it stands for and who it stands for. If we have to ask, it is not working.
“The doom loop cannot be broken with more austerity lite, no matter who is in Downing Street.
“Britain needs vision. We led the first Industrial Revolution and we are nowhere in the fourth.
“In the coming year, if this Government does not depart from its current path, it will surely be sowing the seeds of its own destruction.”
Ms Graham’s intervention comes as relations between Labour and its biggest trade union backer have been deteriorating.
Tensions erupted shortly after Sir Keir entered 10 Downing Street in July 2024 over plans to axe winter fuel payments for most pensioners, which Labour was forced to U-turn on.
There have been reports that Unite could hold a historic vote on splitting from Labour.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister is facing questions over his future ahead of the May local elections, which are widely expected to be a bloodbath for Labour.
