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Many Labour MPs are blaming the boss for elections body blow
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.
Why this matters: a developing story that could shape the day's news cycle.
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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