It has been just 90 days since the General Election. Not that you’d know it.
Labour’s government is in chaos. Internally, it is ridden with scandal. Keir Starmer has lost or been forced to kick out seven rebellious MPs. Number 10 has been beset by briefings and petty squabbles over who sits where and who controls the Prime Minister’s diary.
Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick. (Image: Getty Images)
Meanwhile, his golden 100 days – normally a honeymoon period for Governments to get on with their big changes for the country – have been dominated by scandal. After years of droning on about how brilliant a Labour government would be, Starmer’s reality is laid bare.
The tens of thousands he and his cabinet took in freebies betray the appalling hypocrisy at the heart of this Labour Government.
Meanwhile, his special advisors are in open revolt over who gets paid what while Sue Gray banked more than the Prime Minister.
Keir Starmer has lost or been forced to kick out seven rebellious MPs. (Image: Getty Images)
Her resignation was no surprise. After months of infighting and a series of terrible decisions for the people of Britain, it feels as if she’s fleeing a sinking ship.
Starmer has no national security advisor. He’s had to replace his private secretary. And the Cabinet Secretary – the country’s most senior civil servant – is rushing out the door. This is free-fall.
But aside from the internal battles, the picture for the country is far more worrying. For – when it has found time amid the infighting – this government has taken decision after decision to make life that much tougher for working families.
Upon entering office, Starmer scrapped rather than strengthened the Rwanda scheme. The result? On Saturday, we saw the highest number of illegal small boat crossings in years for a single day.
His energy policy – which will ban North Sea oil and gas – will put thousands out of work and hike all of our bills as we pay for expensive offshore wind instead.
Sue Gray is ‘fleeing a sinking ship’. (Image: Getty)
Serious criminals that should be in jail have been released onto our streets en masse. Many of whom have gone on to commit yet more crimes.
Rachel Reeves’ doom and gloom has sent investors fleeing and the budget’s tax hikes are set to hit ordinary people hardest.
And it’s not just domestically that things are getting worse. He’s handing over sovereign British territory to an ally of China and paying them for the privilege. Meanwhile, he’s been in Brussels preparing to sell out Brexit and our fishermen.
His only big idea so far? Banning smoking in pub gardens.
With a record that bad, is it any wonder that Starmer’s closest aides are abandoning him?
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Keir Starmer to face crunch vote on ‘appalling’ Chagos Islands decision
Sir Keir Starmer will face a Parliamentary vote over his decision to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands.
The Prime Minister will require an Act of Parliament to sign over the strategically important islands to Mauritius.
The Chagos Islands are home to the Diego Garcia military base, which is leased by the UK to the United States to support military operations in the Middle East.
Fears are intensifying Chinese intelligence agencies could exploit Beijing’s relationship with the Mauritians to use the surrounding islands to monitor the base and British and American assets.
Or they could even build their own military bases, ministers have been warned.
Keir Starmer to face Commons vote over the Chagos Islands (Image: Getty)
The US has a key military base on Diego Garcia (Image: Getty)
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will on Monday demand an urgent question in Parliament, forcing ministers to address concerns about the “appalling” decision.
Mr Farage wrote to David Lammy on Saturday to demand that a vote take place “at the earliest opportunity”, saying the way that the decision had been made meant MPs “from all parties remain in the dark about so many aspects of this decision”.
Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick wrote in The Telegraph: “Labour’s decision places their ideology ahead of Britain’s national interests. It’s an act of extraordinary national self-harm.
“And they’ve snuck out their betrayal while Parliament isn’t sitting, to avoid scrutiny.”
Mark Francois, the former Armed Forces minister, added: “It’s appalling how Labour have deliberately announced their abject surrender over the Chagos Islands during a Parliamentary recess.”
He added: “This is even more pressing, before Argentina ups its rhetoric over the Falklands or Spain does over Gibraltar – we now need both of those other claims categorically refuted, on the floor of the House, early next week.”
A Government minister on Saturday was forced to issue a statement on the territories after the Prime Minister on Friday did not rule out signing them away.
Stephen Doughty, the minister for UK Overseas Territories, wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “British sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar or any other of our overseas territories is not up for negotiation.
“The Chagos Islands are a very different issue, with a very different history.”
Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, also expressed outrage at the decision, with the party planning to table an urgent question in the Commons on Monday.
