The clock appears to be ticking on the scandal-ridden government of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, with half of the UK public believing he should resign, as controversy reigns over his decision to appoint Lord Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States.
With just two weeks to go before British voters will head to the polls for local elections across the country, Prime Minsiter Starmer and his left-wing Labour Party continue to struggle with convincing the public of their worth.
According to a UK Political Pulse survey from Ipsos for broadcaster LBC, a survey of 2,262 British adults conducted earlier this month found that 50 per cent of voters think that Starmer should resign, compared to just 36 per cent who think he should remain in office.
The poll also found that 68 per cent of the public believe that Labour will not win the next general election, which is currently is set for 2029, but could be called earlier should the government collapse before then.
The survey found that only a third of voters (36 per cent) think that Labour would stand a better chance at winning the next general election by replacing Starmer at the helm of the party, suggesting a majority thinking the party is doomed no matter who is at the helm.
Indeed, with no member of Starmer’s cabinet having more than five per cent support among 2024 Labour voters or the voting public as a whole.
The clear favourite among Labour voters to take over the party should Starmer resign is Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham at 25 per cent, yet this falls to 17 per cent among all voters.
However, Burnham, a Tony Blair-era Westminster swamp figure who has attempted to rebrand himself as a working-class champion from “The North”, is not eligible to become Prime Minister, with Starmer having blocked the mayor from running in last month’s by-election in Gorton and Denton, meaning that he still does not have a seat in parliament and consequently isn’t eligible to stand for leader
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