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At least three Labour MPs deny signing letter backing Starmer
Following their resounding electoral defeat, lame-duck PM Keir Starmer and his hangers on, are again resorting to desperate measures.
Hanger-on Starmer
Almost 100 Labour MPs — and counting — signed a letter demanding Starmer’s immediate departure. A counter-letter supposedly signed by 100 MPs asking him to stay then suddenly appeared.
Even if a third of his party supported the prime minister, that would be damaging enough. But even that figure has been thrown into doubt, with three MPs named as signatories now saying they didn’t sign the letter.
Two of them spoke to Times journalist Aubrey Allegretti with the news:
A *second* Labour MP has been in touch to say they also didn’t agree to sign this loyalists’ statement. Make of that what you will.https://t.co/alRqv6HaJh
— Aubrey Allegretti (@breeallegretti) May 12, 2026
Not in my name
Then there was the MP for Ealing Central and Acton, Rupa Huq, who announced over social media that she hadn’t signed either letter:
Surprised to see my name on this list when I haven’t either signed any letter supporting the PM or called for the PM to go??
Not very courteous of colleagues to put names down without their approval https://t.co/2TofoVdfKb
— Rupa Huq MP (@RupaHuq) May 12, 2026
So the ‘letter of support’ supposedly asking Starmer to stay in power is at least partially made up. The smart money’s on mostly made up.
Starmer’s position is at best untenable. The fact he’s still clinging on and claims not to get it yet is just another sign how unfit he is for the job.
Featured image via the Labour Party
By Skwawkbox
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