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Many Labour MPs are blaming the boss for elections body blow

BBC News · May 8, 2026, 7:57 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Let's see if that is a position that becomes contagious.
  • There are no shortage of Labour MPs who say it is the prime minister himself who was toxic to many voters.
  • If he leads us into a future election we are dead," one Labour MP told the BBC.

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Chris Mason,Political editorand Iain Watson,Political correspondent Getty Images Surveying the scale of Labour's disastrous elections performance, there are now at least a dozen Labour MPs saying publicly that Sir Keir Starmer should resign or attach a sell by date to his premiership.

Let's see if that is a position that becomes contagious.

There are no shortage of Labour MPs who say it is the prime minister himself who was toxic to many voters.

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