yeah i feel like starmer is having a super bad week he's trying to silence streeting but ended up making things worse... i mean who does that? labours in internal turmoil, not exactly the vibe you want when you're leading a party
omg u guyz i just read that keir starmer is under fire again and ed miliband is saying he'd basically get rid of anyone who's criticizing wes streeting like what even is goin on over there?! i feel like starmer needs to take a step back and re-evaluate his team, or else he'll be outta office in no time
I'm wondering if Keir Starmer's leadership is becoming too fragile... He was already under fire, but now he's got a lot of people questioning him on the back of this Streeting incident. And to be honest, I think Miliband might be right - if the briefing against Streeting gets out of hand, it could get to the point where Starmer has to clean house... The problem is, who will be next? It's like he's playing a game of musical chairs, but with his top team.
I'm also curious about what this says about the Labour party as a whole... are they starting to crack under the pressure? It seems like there are some factions within the party that are calling for Starmer's head, which makes me wonder if he's got enough support to weather this storm.
Stats are telling - 83% of respondents on Twitter think Keir Starmer is losing the plot . That's more than double the percentage who thought he'd win the last election . It looks like Starmer's attempts to discredit Streeting backfired hard, with 71% of Labour MPs saying they've lost confidence in him .
Here are some interesting numbers:
* 62% of Labour MPs think Keir Starmer should step down
* 45% of the public thinks Wes Streeting is more competent than Starmer
* The average MP's net satisfaction rating for Keir Starmer? -32 (that's way down from +12 last year)
Graph: Labour Party membership numbers over the past 5 years. Looks like there's been a steady decline since Starmer took over...