Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid and Ed Balls announced the breaking news to ITV viewers.
Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid has shared a significant update regarding Keir Starmer’s position as Labour leader.
As the ITV programme returned from a commercial break on Wednesday (March 13), Reid informed viewers that she had breaking news to report.
She announced: “So, breaking news in the last few minutes, 11 unions affiliated with the Labour Party issue a statement saying, in their words, ‘it is clear the Prime Minister will not lead Labour into the next general election and a plan will have to be put in place for the election of a new leader of the Labour party'”
Co-presenter Ed Balls revealed that the statement follows Wes Streeting being spotted entering Downing Street for talks with the Prime Minister.
Elsewhere, King Charles was preparing to deliver the King’s Speech, which sets out the government’s legislative agenda for the forthcoming parliamentary session, reports the Mirror.
The pair then turned their attention to Nick Thomas-Symonds, the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office.
Directing his comments at their guest, Ed said: “90 MPs saying the Prime Minister needs to stand down now, four ministerial resignations, council leaders are saying he has to go.
“Now all the Labour-affiliated trade unions are saying Keir Starmer can’t be the leader at the next general election, isn’t the writing on the wall for Keir Starmer? And it’s just a question of when he announces he’s standing down?”
He responded: “I’ve not seen the TULO statements, though I understand one has been recently released-” As Ed began repeating what the statement had said regarding Keir Starmer, Susanna stepped in to interrupt the pair as Wes Streeting was spotted leaving Downing Street.
She pointed out that it had only been approximately 10 minutes since he had been seen arriving. Susanna pressed the MP, asking for his reaction to the meeting, which had either failed to happen or was concluded swiftly.
He said: “The Prime Minister said yesterday, as he always does, that if any cabinet ministers have concerns or just want to have a quick chat over coffee, then they’re very welcome to do so.
“I was in last night talking to the Prime Minister. That they’ve had just a quick coffee this morning, I think it is probably unsurprising, listening to some of the social media coverage and looking at social media, you’d think it was something out of the last scene from Casino Royale, the way that it’s been built up.
“This was something that was offered to all cabinet ministers, and indeed the Prime Minister’s door is always open to cabinet ministers, so the fact they probably had a quick coffee, I don’t find particularly surprising.”
Nevertheless, both Ed and Susanna seemed taken aback by the possibility that Wes Streeting had gone over for a drink.
The ITV star replied: “I have to say, I know you’re a very good minister for Europe, but what you just said sounds like you’re from a different planet!”
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