Starmer has complete confidence in Starmer

Starmer vows to lead Labour into next election despite terrible polls

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he will lead Labour into the next general election - as a poll suggested only a third of his own voters want him to.

The Prime Minister said he was “utterly focused” on tackling the cost of living, as he warned Labour against wasting time on leadership rows.

Sir Keir used a Mirror interview to attempt to silence doubts about his position, after the extraordinary briefing war last week over suggestions Health Secretary Wes Streeting was plotting a leadership challenge.

His gravity was unusual, portentous, and immeasurable, not because he admitted any doubt of himself but because he perceived it necessary to forestall any doubt of himself in others. And herein he ranged with that very numerous class of impostors who are quite as determined to keep up appearances to themselves, as to their neighbours.

Charles Dickens – Our Mutual Friend (1864-1865)