Scottish Labour and Plaid Cymru leaders demand Starmer must go

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has stuck the knife into his former backer. Sarwar has called for Starmer to step down over his closeness to paedo-pal Peter Mandelson. And, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said:

Of course Keir Starmer has to go. He’s lost all moral authority and self awareness to do the right thing. It’s now a question of when Labour Members will push the button.

Heat grows on Starmer

Whilst the heat is certainly growing on the beleaguered prime minister, Sarwar’s remarks have been met with scorn.

Sarwar, levered into his position by Starmer – called for Starmer to quit because, he said, the people of Scotland are “crying out for a competent government” and that Downing Street leadership is becoming a “huge distraction” from Labour’s positive work across the country. No clues were provided as to where the ‘positive work’ might be located.

Sarwar went on:

The situation in Downing Street is not good enough. There have been too many mistakes. They promised they were going to be different, but too much has happened.

Sarwar claimed he had spoken to Starmer before his statement and said it was “safe to say he and I disagreed”. He was immediately and rightly called out for his own closeness to “old friend” Mandelson:

He responded that “Mandelson is not someone or something I want to be associated with”. Quite. I’m sure Starmer would wish not to be associated with in the public mind either.

But he certainly is. And, now that the Plaid Cymru leader has joined the growing calls for Starmer to go, the heat is very much on.

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