Starmer criticized the “constant chopping and changing” of government ministers under the previous Conservative administration.
– U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned on Sunday that frequent leadership changes are not in the “our national interest” and vowed he would still be in office in a year’s time.
– Starmer dismissed speculation over his position after a difficult 2025 and said the upcoming British elections are not a “referendum” on his government.
– “I was elected in 2024 with a five-year mandate to change the country, and that’s what I intend to do, to be faithful to that mandate,” Starmer said
– “I will be sitting in this seat by 2027 and if this long-form interview works, we can try it again in January of next year as well.”
– He criticized the “constant chopping and changing” of government ministers under the previous Conservative administration, saying a repeat of that would be a gift to Labour’s opponents.
– “Under the last government, we saw constant chopping and changing of leadership, of teams, it caused utter chaos, utter chaos, and it’s amongst the reasons that the Tories were booted out so effectively at the last election,” he said.
– “I will be judged, and I know I’ll be judged, when we get to the next election, on whether I’ve delivered on the key things that matter most to people,” Starmer said.
https://www.politico.eu/article/starmer-insists-will-still-be-uk-prime-minister-2027