A second Labour backbencher has said it is time for the Prime Minister to go.
Mr Stringer, the MP for Blackley and Middleton South, told GB News: “I don’t think the Prime Minister can survive the rest of this Parliament. I think the decent thing for him to do is not to resign immediately because that would leave a huge hole in the middle of government. But he should announce a timetable for him going so the Labour Party could have a proper discussion and debate about what is best for the country, what is best for the Labour Party, and choose a leader accordingly.”
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty)
Mr Stringer said he was “extraordinarily disappointed” in Sir Keir’s government.
He added: “The chaos that was true of the last government is true of this government.
“There have been 18 U-turns, there’s nothing wrong with a U-turn if you make a mistake and you realise the mistake, but 18 mistakes that have needed rectifying is the hallmark of a government that doesn’t know what it is doing and a leadership that is not leading.”
His intervention comes after Mr Brash yesterday became the first Labour MP to explicitly call for Sir Keir to go.
The Hartlepool MP said: “I think it’s got to the point now where I genuinely think, as far as the Prime Minister is concerned, it’s not a case of if, it’s when, and I just think we need to get a handle on this.”
Mr Brash added: “Ultimately, we are in a situation where I don’t think anyone reasonable expects the Prime Minister to lead the party into the next election and I think we have to refocus this Government on the priorities of the British people.”
But Sir Keir hit out at opposition parties during a visit to Newcastle today when he was asked if he had considered resigning.
He said: “Last week, my political opponents were saying that there’s no way a civil servant wouldn’t have told me about the outcome of a developed vetting security exercise.
“Turns out my political opponents were completely wrong about that.
“Then they said that I was dishonest. It turns out they were completely wrong about that.
“They are now putting any allegation they can and I will tell you for why – they are opposed politically to what this Government is trying to achieve.”