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More Than 100 Labour MPs Sign A Letter Of Support For Starmer
The letter says Labour must rebuild trust after poor election results and warns that 103 MPs back Starmer while 89 want him to go.
- On Tuesday, 103 Labour MPs signed an open letter backing Prime Minister Keir Starmer, declaring "this is no time for a leadership contest" to blunt efforts to trigger a challenge.
- Following the resignation of 89 MPs and three ministers last week, the letter addresses a "devastatingly tough set of election results" across England, Wales, and Scotland that shook the party.
- Party rules require 20% of the Parliamentary Labour Party, or 81 MPs, to trigger a leadership contest; the 103 signatories currently exceed this threshold that Starmer's rivals must reach.
- Defiant, Starmer told cabinet rivals to "put up or shut up," insisting he will not walk away from office despite mounting leadership pressure.
- Defence Secretary John Healey warned "more instability is not in Britain's interest" as he reiterated support for the Prime Minister amid ongoing economic and security challenges.
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More than 100 Labour MPs pledge support for under pressure UK PM Keir Starmer
More than 100 Labour MPs have signed a statement in a show of support for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is under pressure to step down after devastating elections, UK media reported.
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At least three Labour MPs deny signing letter backing Starmer
Following their resounding electoral defeat, lame-duck PM Keir Starmer and his hangers-on are again resorting to desperate measures. Starmer like a tick Almost 100 Labour MPs — and counting — signed a letter demanding Starmer’s immediate departure. A counter-letter supposedly signed by 100 MPs asking him to stay then suddenly appeared. If not even a third of his party supported Starmer, that would be damaging enough. But even that low figure has…
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