Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership remains in tatters as a Labour MP has said he will give up his seat to oust the Prime Minister for Andy Burnham.
Clive Lewis the Norwich South MP has been criticising Starmer and would sacrifice his seat to the Greater Manchester Mayor can become an MP.
Lewis told the BBC, “It’s a question I’ve asked myself, and I’d have to obviously consult with my wife as well, and family.”
But, do you know what, if I’m going to sit here and say ‘country before party, party before personal ambition’, then yes, I have to say yes don’t I.
He was asked if he will give up his seat for Burnham, he said, “I would, yes.”
He added, “We’re in a quandary, it feels like we are in checkmate, it’s hard to see a way out of it. It’s a question I’ve asked myself, and I’d have to obviously consult with my wife as well and family, but do you know what, if I’m going to sit here and say country before party, party before personal ambition, then yes, I have to say yes, don’t I?”
Last week the Labour MP told Channel 4, “We need to do what the Prime Minister once said, which is put country before party.
“And frankly, party before personal ambition.
“I just don’t see how this can stagger on without any resolution on the horizon.
“I think the Labour Party, the Labour grandees, the men in grey suits, need to now really seriously think, how do we get Andy Burnham back into this parliamentary Labour Party and let him step up and become the next Prime Minister?”
“That’s my personal view.”
Elsewhere within the Labour party Starmer has been warned that patience is now “wearing” thin for him to remain as Prime Minister.
The Times, reported that one Labour MP said, “It’s all about the polls.
“We can’t be below 20 per cent at the polls for much longer.”
