Keir Starmer’s first 90 days have been total chaos – no wonder everyone’s abandoning him_l
Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick. (Image: Getty Images)
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.
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 m ore 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?
