Starmer’s Premiership Hangs On Being ‘Least Worst Option’
February 6, 2026
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as posted by the channel“The only thing that’s keeping him in position right now is that none of them can agree on the best mechanism for replacing him.”
With “their heads in their hands”, Labour MPs are despairing at what to do about Keir Starmer, says the HuffPost’s Kevin Schofield, after the party's former deputy leader Harriet Harman said the Peter Mandelson scandal could finish the prime minister.
Kevin Schofield was speaking to Chloe Tilley and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live everyday 6-10am.
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