Piers Morgan has launched a blistering attack on Sir Keir Starmer after the former prime minister formally resigned from Downing Street on Monday, July 20, 2026, following two years in office. Starmer met with King Charles III to tender his resignation, paving the way for Andy Burnham to become the new prime minister.
Morgan Calls Starmer's Final Speech 'Preposterous'
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Morgan accused Starmer of performing a "victory lap" despite being "forced out." He wrote: "Keir Starmer doing another victory lap outside No10 after being forced out after just 2yrs, citing all his supposed successes, is preposterous." This is not the first time Morgan has criticized Starmer; he previously branded the politician "the man with no plan."
Speaking on Fox News' "Fox & Friends" on Monday, Morgan elaborated: "He managed to take an enormous majority, and then it turned out he had no plan. He was the man with no plan. The first few things that he did were appalling. He attacked the pensioners. He attacked the farmers. He attacked pretty much every constituent in the country with new taxes and so on."
Poll Shows Widespread Discontent
A new Opinium survey found that only one in five voters believes Sir Keir's government was a success, while 69% say it was not. Two years after Starmer led Labour to a general election victory over the Conservative Party under Rishi Sunak, two in five voters think he has actually been a worse prime minister, and just 25% believe his government was an improvement.
Morgan added: "He lost control of everything. This was a guy with no big ideas, no concept of how to galvanise Britain and restore us to greatness. He turned out to be — and this is not a rude word so I can say it — but he turned out to be an absolute clinker, and a clinker is something you never want to be in life."
Starmer's Farewell and Burnham's Pledge
In his final speech at Downing Street, Starmer called it the "privilege of my life" to serve as prime minister and wished Andy Burnham "every success." Burnham, in his first speech as the UK's seventh prime minister in a decade, pledged to make politics "work better" and said Britain must "regain our stability."
Morgan, who has 8.9 million followers on X, has been a vocal critic of Starmer throughout his tenure. The transition of power comes amid a major cabinet reshuffle by Burnham, who has already axed David Lammy and Rachel Reeves.
