So far, four cabinet ministers have quit and 80 MPs — about 20% of his caucus — have called for him to resign, but British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he will stay on. Here in Canada, Mark Carney must be looking sideways and hoping that he isn’t next.

Sure, Canada’s prime minister is still riding high in the wake of the April 2025 election and as long as Donald Trump remains front and centre in the minds of the electorate, it will help him.

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Still, just 10 months before Carney won his minority government and 22 months before he secured his manufactured majority, Starmer won a massive majority in Britain. It was the best showing for his Labour Party since Tony Blair’s 2001 victory and it should have led to easy sailing.

Starmer blew comfortable lead

Instead, less than two years in, Starmer is facing an internal revolt after Labour experienced a pummelling in local........

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