Keir Starmer's stooges are humiliating themselves on live TV, and it's time for him to go. Morning TV has become an uncomfortable watch as Labour desperately tries to defend itself. By Sasha Morris, published: 12:01, Fri, Jun 12, 2026.
Keir Starmer is facing pressure to quit as Prime Minister. Poor Peter Kyle. Labour's Business Secretary was the unlucky minister to draw the short straw and do the morning rounds following John Healey and Al Carns' bombshell resignations yesterday, and it was predictably akin to watching a multi-car pile-up on the motorway. Appearing on major morning shows (apart from GB News, quelle surprise), Kyle tried his best to sell the government's defence investment plan, the arguments over which had been the catalyst for the shock double exit.
Starmer appears to be teetering on the brink more than ever, facing yet another scathing letter remonstrating with him for having all the leadership qualities of a boiled potato. On BBC Breakfast, a determinedly upbeat Kyle insisted to Naga Munchetty that he was sure that "once she saw the plan, she would think it was great", basically handing her the skewer as she pointedly asked if he had actually seen the plan himself. Cue a blustering confession that he had indeed not read the by now infamous plan, and Naga left him bumbling as she pointed out that if the two people who had read it had promptly resigned, surely this did not bode well for any hope of well-thought-out spending?
Kyle, of course, had no real answer, because it should be Chancellor Rachel Reeves answering this question, but she is nowhere to be found. It feels like time and time again, we are watching Labour ministers humiliate themselves in front of millions on live TV in the wake of plans unravelling or screeching U-turns. Of course, it is part and parcel of the job, but surely even the most loyal of Starmer's followers are getting tired of throwing themselves to the wolves to save the PM for one more day?
The hits just kept on coming, as a fed-up Nick Ferrari asked him on LBC whether he could "say with a straight face that Labour was getting to where it needed to be" with the economy, with a morose Kyle saying limply that he was able to. Cue a basic lesson in the UK economy from Ferrari after Kyle insisted that Labour were "charging ahead" after a stagnant start to 2026, and it was like watching the delivery of a lamb to the slaughterhouse. Over on Good Morning Britain, Kate Garraway had to awkwardly point out that he had muddled her and Ranvir Singh up in his panic to hit all the talking points he no doubt had hastily sent in the early hours. She tried to brush over it, saying, "We do look alike", but it was a dismal end to a no-doubt stomach-churning morning for him.
Kyle is just one of many Labour ministers to have been chucked under the bus between 7am and 10am following yet another Labour failure the day before, and it feels like enough is enough. As a TV journalist, I have been watching political clashes for years, and while I like a good grilling as much as the next person, it's just starting to feel a bit sad now. The prime minister is under more pressure than ever, and it feels like the end is in sight for him. But really, it should be him and Reeves facing the presenters and the public on TV, because it is they who have plunged the government, and the country, into this mess. Something needs to change, and fast.
