The Prime Minister was torn apart on the politics show.
Keir Starmer was utterly humiliated on Question Time (Image: Getty)
Keir Starmer was utterly obliterated on BBC‘s Question Time as Fiona Bruce asked the panellists if the Prime Minister should resign if Labour suffer heavy losses in the election. There was quite a consistent support of Starmer leaving as PM on that basis from the different party leaders, with Zia Yusuf also calling for a General Election if Labour does suffer a heavy loss in the upcoming local elections. Bruce moved on to the fellow MPs as she asked Conservative’s Victoria Atkins for her thoughts.
She said: “Returning to the original question which is about the Prime Minister, I have to say I think he is finished. I say that because he has tested again and again the patience of the British public.” She mentioned multiple internal investigations, with problems “burning in the background”, before moving on to the latest news surrounding the appointment of Peter Mandelson.
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She continued: “The problem is he is showing a pattern of behaviour, which is when he gets into hot water, his reaction is to throw somebody else under the bus rather than show leadership. The public can sniff this, they can smell it, and that is why this is the most unpopular government in history.”
Rachel Millward of the Green Party then chimed in to question how children are going hungry and how the NHS is crumbling when the UK is the “fifth richest country in the world,” before adding: “It doesn’t have to be this way. The reason Keir Starmer needs to go is because he is weak. He lacks vision, this is a time when we need bold courage and we need to really transform the systems that we have.” Bruce then moved onto Daisy Cooper from the Liberal Democrats who also had choice words for Starmer.
She noted that people were tired of the “sleaze and scandal” under the Conservative Party, alongside “financial mismanagement”, adding: “Sadly, it feels like we have the same under Labour. To make matters worse, there was one thing Labour promised, they promised change. We can’t see it. We can’t feel it. Sadly, it probably is time for Keir Starmer to go.”
However, one member of the audience did chime in to admit he was surprised so many people were advocating for Starmer to leave because it would be a “bad thing for British politics to constantly run through Prime Ministers”.
The call for Starmer to resign has been ongoing for months, but it has magnified in recent weeks after it emerged that Peter Mandelson failed vetting, though was still appointed; something Starmer has said he was unaware of.
