Reform UK’s Chairman has said Britons have “had enough” of the Labour Government, as pressure mounts on Sir Keir Starmer to resign.
Speaking to GB News, Dr David Bull hit out at the “toxic” Prime Minister and said he is “struggling to maintain control” of the Labour Party.
Despite calls from Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar to resign, a No10 spokesman has assured Sir Keir is “getting on with the job in hand” and “delivering change across the country”.
The spokesman added Sir Keir remains “upbeat and confident” following a speech to staff in Downing Street this morning.
Analysing the pace of which the Labour Government is descending into chaos, Mr Bull told the People’ss Channel: “It’s fascinating, isn’t it? This is now moving incredibly quickly.
“Obviously Morgan McSweeney was first, then Tim Allan – the Prime Minister is desperate to sort of say I have control over the party. I think this is now going to move incredibly quickly.”
Reflecting on the situation in Scotland following Mr Sarwar’s remarks, Mr Bull added: “I think what we’re seeing is something really pivotal actually. I’ve been in Scotland a lot recently, we’re pumping at about 28 per cent in Scotland. That is extraordinary.
“This is now a two-horse race in Scotland between us and the SNP. Labour has pretty much taken its ball and left the field to be honest. So I see the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party really concerned about what the future holds.”
David Bull has declared Britons have ‘had enough’ of ‘toxic’ Keir Starmer amid calls for him to resign
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Predicting even more “danger” for the Government ahead of the May elections, the Reform UK Chair said: “What is also interesting on the doorstep is the name Starmer is incredibly toxic, and the Labour Party knows that. So what they’re trying to do, I think is to change leaders and then hope that their fortunes improve.
“Now the problem for them is, don’t forget May the 7th. These are elections in Scotland, in Wales, and 32 London boroughs across the country. We thought this was going to be the danger moment for Keir Starmer, but actually it looks like these danger moments have moved much sooner than we first thought.”
He continued: “So in terms of what we’re doing, we are now getting ready for a snap general election. I think that is the right thing to do. Very shortly we will open the parliamentary candidate list, because actually I think it’s fairly apparent that the people of the United Kingdom have had quite enough of this.
“They’ve had enough of this Government with it’s no sense of ideology or direction, it really doesn’t know what it’s doing. And I would say today just cements the idea that Starmer has lost complete enough control.”
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Pressed by Tom Harwood on who could replace Sir Keir if a new Labour Prime Minister was appointed, Mr Bull argued: “Well, the question is who would they choose? You’ve got Angela Rayner still embroiled with HMRC, so that is not ideal for her, Wes Streeting of course was seen as the protege of Mandelson, so not liked within the parliamentary party.
“So you’ve got these two factions who are vying with each other to take that top job. I think actually the whole of that party literally doesn’t know what to do next.
“Now it could be that Starmer says, right, I’m going to stand down, I’ll be a caretaker Prime Minister to get us through that by-election that is coming up and possibly into the elections on the 7th of May. But I think this is really very dangerous territory now for the Labour Party.”
Looking ahead to the elections, Mr Bull championed the growing popularity of Reform UK and predicted a “seismic change” in British politics.
Dr David Bull told GB News that there could be a ‘seismic change’ in British politics
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He explained: “I’m really encouraged actually by the polling results on the doorstep, we’re doing incredibly well. We’re polling at 32 per cent with some 10 points ahead of the next party. So the vote for Reform UK, and this is what I’m hearing on the doorstep when I go canvassing, is people have had enough.
“They are sick and tired of the two-party system that has basically bankrupted and ruined this great country. And I think this is one of those seismic pivotal times in British politics where people say, right, I’m going to do something different. I’m going to vote for a different party.
“And I honestly believe that is what we are seeing. I just don’t believe that the public can put up with any more of the nonsense from both parties.”
Mr Bull concluded: “And of course, whilst there’s so much Labour infighting, it means they’re not getting on with governing the country. As someone who’s been involved in politics for a very long time, I don’t think anyone can call the next 24 hours, 48 hours, or indeed the next two and a half weeks.”