It comes after a challenging year for Keir Starmer.
Keir Starmer was left utterly humiliated after a string of negative reactions to the Prime Minister were reflected on in a New Year’s Eve roundup on GB News. Patrick Christys welcomed Reform’s Russell Quirk onto his show to discuss the PM, and he was instantly torn apart in the clip. When asked if he could survive as PM until the end of 2026, Quirk responded: “I don’t see how he can survive, given the missteps, the lampoonery of Starmer.”
He reflected on the fact that additional people have spoken out against Starmer, including his own backbenchers, in addition to alternative parties and Donald Trump. Quirk added: “It’s not just them seeing him as an absolute failure and embarrassment. It’s his own backbenchers, too. We know he’s under significant pressure.”
Russell Quirk issued a brutal statement on Starmer (Image: GB News)
He recognised there are “moves to replace him” by some members of the party, but admitted from a Reform perspective, he hopes he stays in power. Quirk continued: “I think he’s the worst, well we know he’s the worst Prime Minister we’ve ever had, but from our point at Reform, long may that continue.”
Quirk said it makes their job a little easier, the longer Starmer stays in power. Political commentator Cai Wilshaw then added: “It’s exactly that reason. Labour MPs aren’t as stupid as the country, and I sometimes like to make them out to be; they can smell blood in the water, they have for months.”
He stated that Starmer is a “bit of an empty vessel”, a view recognised by members of the Labour Party, adding that MPs have realised he was “just a figurehead”.
While Wilshaw then suggested Angela Rayner as a replacement and said she would do well and going toe-to-toe with Nigel Farage, Quirk fumed that the Reform leader would disagree and branded her “inadequate”. He fumed that if Rayner came in, it would be “even more comedic”.
He claimed he didn’t believe her to be “articulate” or have a “political brain” and referenced her resignation. He raged: “Labour talk about how they want to put money into the public sector, and they’re for the working person, but clearly they don’t want to fund it from their own purse.”
Viewers at home responded in the comments as they fumed that Starmer “needs to go”, but also questioned Quirk’s attitude of keeping them in longer, as one user fumed: “This is not a game of politics, it is our lives.”
