Can Any PM Succeed in UK?

[spen666]

Its starting to look less and less likely that Kier Starmer will serve a full 5 year term as PM.

Since Tony Blair stood down as PM, only David Cameron has lasted 5 years as PM
Brown Lasted 2 years 319 days
Cameron lasted 6 years 64 days
May lasted 3 years 12 days
Johnson lasted 3 years 45 days
Truss lasted 50 days
Sunak lasted 1 year 255 days

Their downfalls came for a whole variety of reason.

given the pressures put on PMs by people these days, magnified by the effect of social media for instant success, I wonder if it is actually possible now for any PM to succeed and last a full 5 year term.

Whether its their fellow MPS or members of the public, it seems as if it is almost impossible to succeed as PM and last a full term

 

[Pblakeney]

We’ve went from PM’s long term planning being 4-5 years to 4-5 weeks. Anything broken will not be fixed.
Queue Eyore.

 

[Bromptonaut]

Difficult to see a common reason as far as Sunak.

May was dead in the water after the 2017 GE.

Johnson was brought down by his own failings

Truss was not elected by the MPs she led and, quite evidently at the time she stood, lacked the skills or intellect for the role.

Sunak ran out of time.

Brown lost an election he might have won either at the time or if he'd had the balls to call one in 2007.

 

[Xipe Totec]

Could it be that everyone on that list shares some common characteristics?

Such as, perhaps - all being appalling human beings and utterly useless politicians?

If your answer is on the yes/maybe/possibly spectrum, then I don't think there's much cause for hope presenting itself at the moment.

 

[the snail]

Its starting to look less and less likely that Kier Starmer will serve a full 5 year term as PM.

Is it? Big majority in parliament, and I don't hear any talk of a leadership challenge. Most of the talk of Starmer going seems to come from Reform types,and I don't see how they're going to do anything.

 

[Xipe Totec]

Is it? Big majority in parliament, and I don't hear any talk of a leadership challenge. Most of the talk of Starmer going seems to come from Reform types,and I don't see how they're going to do anything.

Check back in a year & see if he's still excavating new depths in popularity & opinion polls. Which he will be.