Politics
Cabinet Ministers Support Starmer He Fights For Survival
Cabinet ministers have pledged their support for Keir Starmer as the prime minister fights for his political survival.
In a clearly co-cordinated operation, a succession of senior government ministers took to social media to make clear they do not want the PM to resign.
It came as Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar was calling on Starmer to quit over the Peter Mandelson scandal engulfing No.10.
The UK’s former ambassador to Washington is facing a police investigation over allegations he passed market sensitive information to the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein when he was business secretary between 2008 and 2010.
Sarwar said: “The distraction needs to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change.”
The incendiary move led to speculation that cabinet ministers could resign in order to force the PM out.
But one after another, they posted messages on X making clear they believe he should stay in his post.
Angela Rayner, who was forced to resign as deputy PM last year and is seen as a frontrunner to replace Starmer if he goes, also called on Labour MPs to back him.
Another MP who has been mentioned as a potential replacement for Starmer, armed forces minister Al Carns, also backed the PM.