There will be changes in the UK government soon. I have little doubt of that, although exactly what those changes will be will, unfortunately, be determined by the feckless and immoral Labour Party in the near term. 

It's hard to say whether Keir Starmer is toast yet, but I would put a modest bet on the likelihood, if for no other reason than that the Labour Party will soon be in panic mode due to the steady stream of bad news and embarrassments.

Criminal negligence. pic.twitter.com/lK4Bk3Zpt6

— Simon Barnett (@_SimonBarnett) March 5, 2026

Starmer has somehow survived up until now, despite being the least popular Prime Minister since...well, nobody has been so reviled, so he has set a record. 

Chants of "Keir Starmer's a wanker" as Iranians and Jews celebrate the toppling of the mullahs in Iran ?? pic.twitter.com/CbteioVCVn

— Tommy Robinson ?? (@TRobinsonNewEra) March 1, 2026

But up until now, he has been able to survive because the Labour Party can't agree on who would be better. Having such a weak bench has turned out to be great job security for him, but things are different now. Other Prime Ministers have survived dips in popularity by appearing strong, but over the past few weeks, Starmer has managed to project an image of weakness that can be fatal in politics. 

“When it came to a choice between the national interest and international law, Starmer chose law.”

Keir Starmer not questioning Lord Hermer’s advice has led to the biggest crisis in Anglo-American relations of modern times, says @Afneil. pic.twitter.com/AlB3mt8SbS

— Times Radio (@TimesRadio) March 4, 2026

Ask Joe Biden about that. You can survive being unpopular; surviving looking wounded is much harder. And the floodgates of criticism have opened up about Starmer's character in a way they hadn't before. The public may have been singing "Keir Starmer is a wanker" for a year, but outside the right, the media was kinder to Starmer than the public.

1. Almost too painful to read. Humiliating for UK.

2. I try not to hate people without reason, but my God, Lord Hermer, what a disastrous fool.

3. “The discussion came down to the legality and whether ‘a positive relationship with the United States of America was a good… https://t.co/MBXTU2WYd9

— Bob Seely (@IoWBobSeely) March 5, 2026

1.  Almost too painful to read. Humiliating for UK.

2.  I try not to hate people without reason, but my God, Lord Hermer, what a disastrous fool.

3.  “The discussion came down to the legality and whether ‘a positive relationship with the United States of America was a good thing right now for the party.’ @UKLabour ; party before country, every time.

4.  Reeves, Cooper and Miliband refused to support. Cooper: a mouse. Reeves; already finished. Miliband; hard to think of a single politician who has done more harm to Britain.

5.  We're losing our allies. 

“Jordan was ‘fxxkking furious’, a former minister with friends in Amman says. ‘The Emiratis, Kuwaitis, and even the Canadians are all asking, “What the fxxk are you doing? Whose side are you on?”’ The Emiratis pointed out that Britain was failing to help protect the 240,000 British citizens living in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.”

6.  Can we export human rights lawyer to North Korea or Iran please?

When it was just Trump blasting Starmer from abroad, Britons may have been able to convince themselves that the UK was standing strong against an American bully. But now that other governments are leaking that they, too, think the guy is a wanker, it is much harder to pretend the man isn't embarrassing. 

Sir Keir Starmer has been branded the “most pathetic” UK Prime Minister in recent memory as the Labour leader is accused of abandoning key allies over the unfolding war in the Middle East.https://t.co/0A12o8meR1

— Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) March 5, 2026

UK allies in the Gulf have voiced frustration at Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer over the country's failure to protect them.

Cyprus has raised concerns about the pace of the UK’s military support after drone and missile attacks in the region. 

Starmer initially refused US use of British bases for strikes, saying any action needed a “viable, thought-through plan” and rejecting “regime change from the skies”.

However, approval was granted days later, after Iranian strikes had already hit US allies. 

There were also delays to UK military assets being deployed to the region.

It triggered a wave of backlash from key regional allies.

Kyriacos Kouros, Cyprus’s High Commissioner to the UK, told the Times that the deployment was “welcome” but noted it would take more than a week to arrive.   

“The least we expect is the Britons to also be present since, as I said, we are not only defending Cypriots on the islands,” Kouros said.

In the Gulf, the UK's delay in providing help was poorly received.  

A source familiar with the UAE’s concerns told the Times: “There was a feeling that the prime minister had to be dragged there".

“It obviously reflects badly in the eyes of the Gulf Cooperation Council.” 

For those of you unfamiliar with the history of the region, before the United States became the guarantor of maritime freedom in the region, it was Great Britain, and the UK has had generally good relations with the Gulf countries. 

It is hard to imagine a more amateurish and destructive British approach towards the United States than the one adopted by Keir Starmer. It is obsessed with deference to international courts, “international law”, and supranational institutions, as well as a distinctly…

— Nile Gardiner (@NileGardiner) March 5, 2026

Now? Starmer has destroyed those relationships in a way that will be remembered for a very long time. It turns out that Israel is a more reliable military ally for a lot of Arab states than the UK. 

Yesterday some in the Labour Party were saying I should have supported Keir Starmer. These two headlines show exactly why I didn’t.

Starmer’s inaction is making Britain look weak and angering our closest allies. Even worse, it seems he’s doing it because of his party’s interest,… pic.twitter.com/JfhQ1aR9fQ

— Kemi Badenoch (@KemiBadenoch) March 5, 2026

Now it may be that Britons don't care about that particular fact, but they certainly will care that they are being embarrassed on the world stage. Not so long ago, the sun never set on the British Empire; now it appears to be sunset at home, and that stings. 

? "How about you tango your way down to the Royal Navy HQ and get that bloomin' destroyer out of Portsmouth and over to Cyprus?!?!?"

"Look at them all! It's JUST embarrassing to be British right now."@ThatAlexWoman pic.twitter.com/WF8wjBqAuZ

— Talk (@TalkTV) March 5, 2026

As war raged in the Persian Gulf, Members of Parliament—some of whom soberly quoted international law as a reason for allowing British military bases to be attacked—were smiling and dancing as if they were on the Titanic minutes before it hit an iceberg. 

JUST IN: President Trump has lambasted Keir Starmer for the fourth day running…

HE tells Post’s @marisa_schultz:

“He should be giving us, without question or hesitation, things like bases where we can use others.”

Doesn’t deny calling PM “a loser”https://t.co/qKDFo5xc0L

— Harry Cole (@MrHarryCole) March 5, 2026

Instead of standing strong, Low-T Starmer is groveling before Muslims at the heart of the British government, practically begging them to forgive him for being British, and assuring them that they are the beating heart of the new Britain. 

? KEIR STARMER TO MUSLIMS:
- "You are the face of modern Britain"

Standing in Westminster Hall, a place of British history for hundreds of years
And our Prime Minister is standing there saying 'Ramadan Mubarak'

Nobody asked for this

Utter disgrace ? pic.twitter.com/NkkGXg1PZ4

— Gracie? (@Gracie_Blue89) March 3, 2026

It's quite possible that the worst member of Starmer's cabinet is Ed Miliband, who is driving the UK economy into the ground with his Net Zero obsession and his reflexive anti-Western bias, but it is equally possible that Miliband might remain in the Cabinet longer than Starmer himself. 

A lot of people are comparing Starmer unfavorably to Winston Churchill, and they should be. Starmer makes Neville Chamberlain look strong and prescient. And, beyond doubt, Chamberlain was a patriot, while it's quite clear that Starmer is not. 

Starmer has committed the ultimate sin in politics: looking weak and rudderless. He is making excuses, not decisions. That is far more damaging than making the wrong decisions, and it will cost him and much of his cabinet their jobs. 

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