What If The Labour Party Got Rid Of Starmer And Elected A Far Left Socialist As Prime Minister?

[dave50]

Is there any way the electorate or others could force a general election or would we be stuck with it for the next 4 years? As far as I see it under our system there would be nothing we could do about it. 

[Sinead_O]

No, a general election isn't going to happen.  To change PM, however, what it would need is for Labour MP's to arrange a vote of no confidence in their leader, which would trigger a leadership election.  This is unlikely to happen.  

[davebro3]

doesn't matter - it's gonna be bloody awful whoever is Labour PM

[Khandro]

But Starmer is a far-left socialist. Or are you being ironic?

[max137]

Even Germany(DDR) couldn't make socialism work and come to mind no other country has.

[Electrochem]

Like it or like it not, there will not be another General Election until 2029.

[dave50]

I meant someone even further left of starmer if that's possible 

 

[ToraToraTora]

There is no way to force a GE without the cooperation of the Labour party.

[douglas9401]

Bed made, must be endured.

See also Sunak, Truss, Johnson, May...

[ToraToraTora]

dougie you seriously think labour are not screwing this up?

[max137]

dougie and the rest are suffering from red eye its obvious.

[douglas9401]

No I don't believe that as you know full well but the current mob don't exist in a vacuum.

The previous incumbents laid the ground for this lot, they're all mentalists one way or another.

[ToraToraTora]

"The previous incumbents laid the ground for this lot" - they inherited the strongest economy in the G7 dougie. Now they've flushed it down the kasi out of spite.

[saintpeter48]

But this is not what the people voted for!

He and his cronies stood there many times before the election and said that they wouldn't do this, wouldn't do that etc and millions of people believed him and gave him their vote, he got in on a pack of lies!

What its saying is any leader of a political party can stand there and say things like, 'I promise i'll give everyone in GB £20,000 each if you vote for me', then when elected just stand there and say, 'sorry, we can't afford it', but then we are stuck with said leader for 4 years!!

[bhg481]

Is there rally noithing we can do? Could going against the advice of the country's leading financiers and wrecking the economy not be classed as an act of treason and the perpetrators prosecuted, for example?

[douglas9401]

"The country's leading financiers"

2008 etc etc. They spin a good yarn but they're all in the same club with their political stooges.

[ToraToraTora]

17:21 no because it's all legally done. That's the point. Only if enough Labour MPs start to oppose the government can anything be done and turkeys don't vote for xmas.

[gulliver1]

17.28 Turkeys do vote for Christmas especially when they are told they are oven ready ...just like you did when you voted for Brexit...Sucker.🤣

[ToraToraTora]

another spectacular contribution from half of dumb and dumber. Have you ever tried joing in to the discussion?

[Old_Geezer]

We have already experienced, many times, a change of party leader and when it is the governing party, no General Election was triggered.

[gulliver1]

17.38 Have those two surgeons been to look through your ears lately.. just asking.