"Keir Starmer is in very deep trouble indeed. Perhaps belatedly, he himself grasps this. His team and his ministers knew it already. His party and the public get it too. For this deeply unpopular Labour prime minister, the words approval rating are a contradiction in terms. The eruption of speculation about Starmer's future this week may have taken people by surprise."
"The longer one is that the Starmer leadership issue has been steadily gaining traction and credibility among MPs since the summer. This story is not a Westminster confection. Politically, it is very real. Dismiss it at your peril. No 10 was responding to the issue that is the talk of the parliamentary Labour party. The talk is, very simply, a reflection of what the public now thinks. The public's judgment about Starmer is brutal: it does not want him."
Keir Starmer faces severe unpopularity and mounting talk of a leadership challenge within the parliamentary Labour party. No 10 briefed that Starmer expects to face and defeat a leadership challenge on Tuesday evening. MPs, ministers, and officials report deep anxiety, widespread discontent, and a lack of coherent plans for removal. Public judgment is described as brutal and increasingly unwilling to accept him, with polls sometimes placing Labour as low as fourth. The party confronts a risky choice between retaining an unpopular leader or pursuing a fraught, uncertain leadership change with unclear consequences.
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