As the PM comes under fire from his own party and in the polls, we ask Daily Express readers if the Labour leader will still be around in 2029.
Sir Keir is under fire from inside his own part and from the public over his premiership (Image: Getty )
Sir Keir Starmer has been under increasing pressure in recent weeks – losing his Deputy Prime Minister, failing to tackle the migrant small boats and cost of living crises , as well as lagging in the polls behind Nigel Farage‘s Reform UK party. A recent poll found just 13% of voters were satisfied with the Prime Minister, the lowest figure for any leader since the 1970s, and a YouGov survey of Labour members found just 29% backed Sir Keir to be leader, with 62% preferring the hard-left Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.
Downing Street has also been rocked by a series of high-profile departures in recent weeks, with Angela Rayner stepping down from her role as Deputy Prime Minister, and former Starmer ally Lord Mandelson removed from his position as US ambassador because of new information over his links to disgraced billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. The PM has also had a number of people leave from his media team at Number 10.
It all paints a bleak picture, but Sir Keir has insisted he still plans to “change the country” as leader of the Labour Party. The question is, do Daily Expess readers agree the PM has what it takes to still be leader come the next election?
The PM has been defending his record at the Labour Party conference (Image: Getty )
Speaking to Times Radio, Sir Keir said: “I recognise the frustrations that in 12 months we’ve not been able to undo 14 years of failure.
“[But] I never said that was possible. I will be judged at the next election on, I think, three things above all else. Have living standards improved? Do people genuinely feel better off? Are public services better?
“And do people feel more safe and secure in their own neighbourhood?”
The PM’s performance at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool has been significant for the number of times he took aim at another leader of a political party, Reform UK’s Nigel Farage. Sir Keir repeatedly mentioned Mr Farage during his speech and in interviews in an apparent bid to tackle public opinion polls which show Reform way ahead of Labour, and indeed ahead of the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats too.
Sir Keir appeared to attempt to deflect from his own time in office by attacking Nigel Farage (Image: PA )
Sir Keir Starmer and his colleagues stepped up their attacks on Mr Farage’s party, repeatedly branding Reform’s policy to remove the right to remain from some migrants legally living in Britain as “racist” and “immoral”. And on Tuesday evening.
Writing in the Daily Mail, Mr Farage said his opinion of Sir Keir had shifted as a result of the PM’s comments at the conference.
“We might disagree on our worldview, but until this weekend I believed he was a reasonable human being,” the Reform UK leader said.
“Now I’m shocked at his behaviour. I hope that when he wakes up this morning, he feels ashamed of what he has done to British politics over the past few days.”
