Umunna in No 10 for US bank demanding Labour stays right after Starmer

TV cameras posted on Downing Street yesterday happened to catch an interesting development and none of them even noticed. They were there in hopes of news of Keir Starmer’s imminent resignation. Instead, amid the ‘bubble’ soundbites, they caught defunct former Labour and Tinge party MP Chuka Umunna entering No 10.

Number 10 claimed that Umunna was not there in connection with Starmer’s tenure, but as part of his ‘routine’ visits on behalf of US finance giant JP Morgan. It’s interesting enough, if unsurprising, that a US corporate lobbyist has ‘routine’ access to the UK prime minister. But even more interesting when, in response to Starmer’s imminent demise, Umunna’s boss has just demanded that the UK government stay hard right when he goes.

Ransom demands?

JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon said yesterday, 12 May 2026, that his bank will cancel £3bn of investment in the UK if Starmer’s replacement is “hostile to banks”. The connection may have escaped the notice (or at least comment) of UK ‘mainstream media. But it didn’t escape the attention of everyone:

Even more worryingly, Dimon is a firm supporter of Israel and of the illegal US-Israel war on Iran.

Few would doubt that Starmer – or, in this case, his handlers trying to rig who replaces him – will sell out to Big Finance and/or the Israel lobby in a heartbeat. It seems that both have access at will, right at the heart of the matter.

Just when the needs and interests of the UK and its people should be front, centre and exclusively in the minds of those clinging on in Number 10.

Featured image via the Canary