Topienie PM i narażasz się na przedterminowe wybory, ostrzegają posłowie buntownicy

Mutinous Labour MPs have been warned they risk triggering a snap General Election if they force out Keir Starmer this week. Allies of the embattled Prime Minister claim that none of his rivals have enough support to produce a stable government. And they warn that tight public finances mean that any attempt to open the spending taps further to appease Left-wing activists could trigger a collapse in confidence on the financial markets and send borrowing rates soaring. One senior figure told the Daily Mail: 'People should be very careful what they wish for. There is no road to replacing the PM that does not lead to an early General Election. It is obvious that neither Wes [Streeting] nor Angela [Rayner] command the kind of overwhelming support you would need to produce a stable government. And there is just no scope for a sort of high-spending alternative agenda, whether it’s Andy Burnham, Ed Miliband, or anyone else pushing the idea. The opposition will be screaming for an election from day one. If the markets take fright too, it will be impossible to resist.’ Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander urged Sir Keir’s leadership rivals to 'give your heads a wobble’ before risking a divisive contest.