Starmer has screwed up. Let’s put him on probation
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Keir Starmer has spent the first 16 months of his Parliament treading water (badly) and now wants us to give him another 44 months and a general election to put it right. I say no.
But I’m not saying he should be jettisoned just yet, either.
Let’s put him on probation.
Look at it this way: Starmer asked to be judged at the next general election, and that’s a reasonable democratic position — but the evidence in the Institute for Government’s (IfG) performance tracker report – and recent polling – means he should earn that mandate by demonstrating concrete, measurable delivery in a much shorter window.
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better still put him in prison for treason !
“Treason” doesn’t apply here — and shouting it at Keir Starmer only distracts from the real problems with what he’s doing.
Starmer isn’t guilty of betraying the monarch or aiding an enemy of the UK — that’s what treason actually means in law. But he is guilty of something politically serious: pushing through decisions that undermine civil liberties, criminalise legitimate dissent, and stretch government power far beyond what’s justified.
Those are real, concrete issues we can hold him to account for — and they matter far more than throwing around a word that doesn’t fit the situation.