Former Minister Calls On Cabinet To Oust Keir Starmer Or She Will Trigger Leadership Election

A former government minister has called on Keir Starmer’s cabinet to oust him as prime minister or she will trigger a leadership election.

Catherine West gave the PM’s top team until Monday to act or else she will.

She made her shock intervention in an interview with Radio 4′s PM programme on Saturday afternoon.

West, who was sacked as a Foreign Office minister by Starmer in a reshuffle last September, said: “This afternoon, I would like the cabinet to come around the table and elect a leader amongst themselves.

“If that cannot happen, and there are no leadership hopefuls who come forward tomorrow, then Monday morning I will put my name forward to stand for the leader of the Labour Party.

“I will be seeking the 81 names that are needed to take to the party chair and I will begin a leadership election.”

A Labour MP told HuffPost UK he was “almost certain” West will get the support she needs.

“Hopefully it doesn’t come to that,” the MP said, before adding: “She is a hero for doing this.”

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