Nigel Farage calls for general election in explosive statement

In a statement outside Downing Street this morning, Monday 22 June, Starmer confirmed he would be stepping down.

He said: “Walking out this street two years ago was the proudest moment of my life, a new Labour government after years of disappointment and despair.”

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Starmer then listed off his government’s achievements, before conceding: “My party is asking whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general election.

“I accept their decision in good grace; that is why I will resign.”

Reform demands an election, and we are ready to deliver radical change.

If Labour thinks it can shove another professional politician into No 10, it has another thing coming.

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— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) June 22, 2026

In response, Farage wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: “The Prime Minister is finished.

“I have to give Starmer some credit: even I couldn’t have predicted how quickly he would reveal himself as the most incompetent Prime Minister this country has ever had the misfortune of having.

“Starmer isn’t the first Prime Minister I’ve deposed, and he won’t be the last. David Cameron. Theresa May. Rishi Sunak. And next up – Andy Burnham.

“The reason each leader has failed is the same. What the political class fails to understand is that the electorate won’t accept being taken for fools.

“They cannot continue to take the votes of the people who supported them for granted, only to betray them upon having gained power. Politics is about trust.

“That is why I am calling for a general election at the soonest possible date.

“You know as well as I do that the country cannot afford to waste another week drifting from crisis to crisis.

“That’s why millions of you turned out in the local elections to vote for Reform councillors, and it’s why we have led in more than 300 opinion polls for well over a year.

The British public have made their voices clear in May this year and last: Britain is broken and they want a radical reforming government that will fundamentally fix our country.

“But instead, Westminster wants to crown Andy Burnham off the back of a single by-election.”

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