KEIR Starmer has declared his intention to run for a second term in office and hopes to remain the UK's Prime Minister for 10 years.
It comes six months after his party won in the General Election only to then plummet in the polls across the UK. Labour are currently neck and neck with Reform UK — boosting expectations Nigel Farage’s party may cement its status as a major Westminster player at the next General Election.
Starmer told Politico an early election would not happen and the next one would not be held until mid-2029.
He said: “We are now, what, four and a half years before the next election.
“I remind myself that four and a half years ago, Boris Johnson was prime minister with very high ratings and most commentators were saying he’s going to be prime minister for the next 10 years. So I am a great believer in taking each step as it comes, facing each challenge as it comes, keeping my eye on the long term and not getting distracted by the noises off.”
When asked if he would personally commit to serving out a full two terms as Prime Minister, he said: “Yes. We want a decade of national renewal. I always said this will take time.
“We will see material change in the first term of a Labour government but we are talking about a decade of national renewal and I intend to lead from the front.”
This means Starmer would be 71-years-old the end of his tenure.
In response to the surge Reform UK have gained in the last two years, Starmer said: “We need to be conscious of this threat.
“But in the end the politics of easy answers isn’t right for our country because easy answers don’t change things for the better. All the populist right has to offer are supposedly easy answers that don’t actually materialize into change.”
