Lee Anderson has predicted when the Prime Minister will pack his bags and move out of No10 while the Reform MP unapologetically dubbed him a “dead man walking”.
A new YouGov poll shows disapproval of the Labour Government at a record high, with net approval falling to -59, its lowest level since Sir Keir Starmer entered Downing Street.
Some 70 per cent of voters disapprove of Labour, the record-breaking poll, which was carried out on January 5, revealed.
In recent history, there have been only three occasions when the Government has been less popular. First, under Liz Truss, who received a 77 per cent disapproval rating.
Meanwhile, Theresa May received 72 per cent during the final days of attempting to push through the Brexit deadlock before she resigned.
Then, Rishi Sunak received a 72 per cent rating in his final days as Prime Minister back in July 2024.
Now, the Ashfield MP has set a date for the ousting of Sir Keir.
He told GB News “the only thing that Keir Starmer can can look forward to” is that he will not have to fear looming leadership threats from backbenchers and even frontbenchers.
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He said: “I can’t see anybody replacing him. To be honest, at one time we were amused.
“There was talk about Angela Rayner replacing him. She’s sort of gone missing while [Wes] Streeting is sort of slithering about in the background.
“He could be ready to launch the old dagger in the back, but now I’m surprised you said he had a popularity rating of 11 per cent.
“Everywhere you go in this country, as a politician, people talk to me wherever I go, and this man is despised. I think he’s the most despised Prime Minister in history. I think he’s cowardly.
Mr Anderson claimed Sir Keir would ‘probably’ be gone by the May elections
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“He turns on everything, he bends to his backbenchers all the time just to save his own skin. He’s a dead man walking.
“I think his time is probably up after the May elections this year, but I dread to think who’s going to replace him.”
In the same polling, the percentage of individuals approving of the Government’s performance has shrunk, dropping to a joint record low at 11 per cent.
The last time 11 per cent cent approved of Sir Keir and his gaggle of MPs in Government was after Angela Rayner resigned over her tax affairs and the Prime Minister fired Peter Mandelson.
The latest blow to the Prime Minister has come just as a slew of MPs weigh up Sir Keir’s future in No10 in the run-up to the local elections.
In the last round of local elections, Reform UK soared to victory across England snapping up a record-number of 677 seats, making up 41 per cent of seats on offer.
Meanwhile, Labour won six per cent of seats, winning 98 councillors up for election. The result is the lowest propostion of seats Sir Keir’s party has ever won in the past 20 years.
Now, with Reform leader Nigel Farage eyeing seats beyond England in Wales and Scotland, Labour is bracing for a difficult test when voters next head to the polls across Britain.