# 'We're beginning to look like an unserious country' - Keir Starmer's biographer says

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Podcast: [Radio National Breakfast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-national-breakfast-572135)
Published: 2026-05-11T20:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/keir-starmer-s-biographer-on-calls-for-resignation/106668970
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Sir Keir Starmer is fighting to save his prime ministership after devastating local elections results last week. Sir Keir has pledged to prove his doubters wrong, announcing a series of new policies in a speech overnight. But his colleagues remain unconvinced. The BBC is reporting 71 Labour MPs have now called for Sir Keir Starmer to resign or set out a timetable for his resignation. GUEST: Tom Baldwin, Keir Starmer's biographer, journalist and former Labour Party senior adviser

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