Prime Minister Keir Starmer told his Cabinet this week that 2026 would be the year Britain¡¯s fortunes turn around and the year Labour gains the upper hand. For his skeptical members of parliament, the question is whether they oust him.
Starmer faces a battle to save his job after a first 18 months in government that have seen him hemorrhage support within Labour and among voters. Nigel Farage¡¯s populist Reform UK has led national polls since April, with Labour languishing near historic lows.
The discontent stems from flat-lining economic growth and the high cost of living, a failure to address public concerns about immigration and a series of political scandals and crises that have echoed the chaos of the government¡¯s Tory predecessors.
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