Rebel Labour MP threatens management bid as calls develop for Starmer to resign
Sir Keir Starmer is going through calls from a few of his personal MPs to resign within the wake of Labour’s disastrous native election outcomes.
Catherine West, Labour MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet, has threatened to a launch management bid if senior colleagues don’t agree on a successor quickly, stating that "working people sent us a message on Thursday".
Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has additionally spoken out, saying it was "a mistake" to dam Andy Burnham from working within the Gorton and Denton by-election and calling for him to be allowed to return.
Sky’s Rob Powell visited Catherine West’s north London constituency and requested voters there what they make of the prime minister’s probabilities of survival – and their MP’s bid for energy.
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