A Prime Minister on death row. A Government seemingly on life support. But where did it all start to go wrong for Sir Keir Starmer?

Just days into his premiership in July 2024 came his disastrous handling of the Southport riots, when he was widely criticised for branding critics as “far right”. That set the tone for a tone-deaf Prime Minister.

Next came the man who promised to end Tory sleaze, only to be branded “Free Gear Keir” after it emerged that Labour donor Lord Alli had paid for everything from Sir Keir’s spectacles to Lady Starmer’s frock.

Then came the Budget. Freezing pensioners at Christmas by stripping away winter fuel support, just hours after handing out hefty public sector pay rises. British pensioners felt the chill of “Starmer the granny harmer”.

They weren’t alone. British farmers were next, ploughed into as Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves slapped inheritance tax on family farms, earning him another nickname “Starmer the farmer harmer”.

Then came the biggest U-turn of all: the grooming gangs national inquiry. He said: “Calling for inquiries because they want to jump on the bandwagon of the far right.”

Once again, the “far right”.

Then came the screeching handbrake turn where he said: “I’ve looked at her [Baroness Case’s] report. I’ve considered the material. I think she’s right. And that’s why there’ll be a national inquiry.”

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All this from a Government that promised to smash the gangs, to smash the smuggling networks.

Instead, far from smashing gangs, the Starmer Government has smashed records, overseeing more illegal Channel crossings than any Prime Minister before.

Welfare spending is spiralling, now exceeding the GDP of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Add to that 19 months of chaos, 15 U-turns, begging the Americans to allow Britain to pay Mauritius for sovereign territory, and kowtowing to China and it has all culminated today in what some are calling the biggest scandal in British politics for over a century.

From a Government that promised to turn the page on 14 years of Tory chaos, only one question remains tonight, Is this game over for Sir Keir Starmer?

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