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It is quite something to see a British prime minister fighting for his political life a mere 16 months into office. Keir Starmer won a robust majority of 174 seats in July 2024 and that should have extinguished all thoughts of a leadership change. Added to that, the main opposition Conservative Party has been suffering its own existential crisis. Yet, as it stands today, nobody knows who will fall first: Starmer or opposition leader Kemi Badenoch.
Discontent within the Labour Party has just been growing and growing. The mood at its annual conference in Liverpool in September was described to me by one Labour Member of Parliament as “sepulchral.” It was hard to disagree.
How has it gone so wrong? Back in July 2024, Starmer led Labour back to power, crushing the ruling Tory party. He seemed untouchable. He may not have been seen as charismatic like Boris Johnson, but many viewed him as dependable and responsible — a model of stability. Last year, as one pollster explained, the public saw him as “boring,” but today the words associated with him are “weak” and “useless.”
Every time Starmer looks for a reset and change of fortune, another calamity hits. Two struck last week
