{"id":5522,"date":"2026-05-10T10:50:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T10:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5522"},"modified":"2026-05-10T10:50:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T10:50:03","slug":"labour-mp-urges-party-to-pick-new-prime-minister-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5522","title":{"rendered":"Labour MP urges party to pick new Prime Minister today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>Big news.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>A Labour MP has issued a dramatic ultimatum to the party&#8217;s cabinet ministers, urging them to close ranks and push Sir Keir Starmer out of Downing Street before the end of Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Catherine West, a former Foreign Office minister who served under Starmer before being sacked in September last year, made the call during an appearance on <em>Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>She also made it clear that she is prepared to launch a formal leadership challenge if the cabinet fails to act.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:0\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>She said: &#8220;What I want the cabinet to do is to close themselves into a room today and come up with somebody who they can all get behind, which would mean we wouldn&#8217;t have to have a leadership election. And if that can happen, then we can have a very quiet transition without upsetting anybody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>West gave Monday as her deadline for the cabinet to collectively force the Prime Minister out, saying that if they fail to move, she will begin the process of a formal leadership contest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>She told the BBC she currently has ten MPs signed up to support her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>However, with her intentions now public, that number could grow quickly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:2\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The intervention comes in the wake of brutal local election results on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Labour lost 1,496 councillors and control of 38 councils, prompting calls from multiple MPs for Starmer to resign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Polling projections from the night suggested that if the results were applied to a general election, Reform UK would take 284 seats to Labour&#8217;s 110.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>West did not hold back in her assessment of the leadership&#8217;s response to those results, saying: &#8220;That level of inertia in the face of the election defeat that we saw on Thursday is a disgrace. Working people sent us a message on Thursday. We have to listen to that, and we have to change and we have to do it quickly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>West stopped short of outright demanding Starmer&#8217;s resignation on Sunday, saying she would first listen to a speech the Prime Minister is set to give on Monday, but said: &#8220;Once I&#8217;ve listened carefully to what he says, I will be demanding a timetable for an orderly transition. If it&#8217;s not up to scratch tomorrow, then I&#8217;m afraid I will have to take action.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Labour #urges #party #pick #Prime #Minister #today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big news. A Labour MP has issued a dramatic ultimatum to the party&#8217;s cabinet ministers, urging them to close ranks and push Sir Keir Starmer out of Downing Street before the end of Sunday. 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