The veteran broadcaster revealed another devastating blow to the Labour leader and his premiership in Downing Street.
Keir Starmer suffered another major blow in a gruelling Sky News interview (Image: Getty)
Sky News ground to a halt to issue a major breaking news alert which is sure to ruffle a few feathers in No. 10. On Thursday (May 14), broadcaster Cathy Newman returned to the airwaves to discuss the biggest stories hitting the headlines. This week, Sir Keir Starmer’s shaky position in Downing Street has dominated the news following his devastating loss in the local elections.
The politician attempted to revive the nation’s faith in his leadership on Monday (May 11) with his “reset” speech, but things quickly took a turn in the lead up to King Charles III’s speech in parliament. The Labour leader faces the biggest challenge to his premiership to date, with nearly 100 of his own MP’s calling for him to step down.
As the numbers climb, attention has turned to fellow Labour politicians Wes Streeting and Angela Rayner to replace him in No. 10. Tonight, the 52-year-old presenter welcomed Scottish Labour MP Melanie Ward onto the show, who has shown her support to Streeting’s leadership takeover.
She asked: “How many supports has Wes Streeting got? You’re obviously one of them, but it’s rumoured that he’s got about 40-odd supporters so far and he needs 81.” Ms Ward insisited: “He has well more than 81, I’ve seen the spreadsheet.
“I promise you he has well more than 81, I have seen the spreadsheet and I can also tell you that many of Wes’s supporters are current and serving government ministers. No. 10 made it quite clear that if anyone was to nominate a different candidate, they would have to leave and that would have caused further ruptions amongst the government
“So we did the right thing by resigning from that and calling for a proper contest,” she explained. It didn’t take long for viewers to flock to the comments to voice their opinions on the political chaos online.
Scottish Labour MP Melanie Ward claims Wes Streeting has more than 81 supporters in government (Image: Getty)
One user asked: “Does it matter? Labour are finished regardless. Reform shout sound bites that represent social anxieties of the day with no description of implementation. Tories are Tories so the question is with a group of untrustworthy liars all begging for legitimacy who is the better option.”
Another agreed: “Labour is showing their arrogance again. They really think they can chuck Andy Burnham at us and all will be well. Even if he did win a generation election he’d still have a bunch of self-serving MPs. The problem isn’t just one man it’s the whole Labour party. You all don’t listen.”
A third chuckled: “Lol. Our government is being run on an Excel spreadsheet. Fantastic. I’ve got a child’s abacus knocking about somewhere they are welcome to borrow.”