Keir Starmer vows to 'never walk away' as PM fights back in first public appearance since calls for immediate resignation

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Feb 10, 2026 - 16:13

Keir Starmer vows to 'never walk away' as PM fights back in first public appearance since calls for immediate resignation

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to "never walk away" as he fights back in his first public appearance since batting off calls to resign.

On Monday, the Prime Minister endured a tumultuous day in office when a number of his own backbenchers, as well as Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, urged him to step down.

However, Sir Keir survived the bruising day, with his Cabinet Ministers coming out in support of him, including rumoured leadership rivals, Angela Rayner, Ed Miliband and Wes Streeting.

Today, speaking in Hertfordshire, Sir Keir told supporters: "There are some people in recent days who are saying this Labour Government should have a different fight - a fight with itself - instead of a fight for the millions of people who need us to fight for them.

"And I say to them, I will never walk away from the mandate I was given to change this country.

"I will never walk away from the people that I am charged with fighting for and I will never walk away from the country I love."

Instead, Sir Keir admitted the "real fight" ahead would be up against Nigel Farage and Reform UK, with the Local Elections looming over the Labour Party.

The PM declared: "The politics of Reform [is] the politics of divide, divide, divide, grievance, grievance, grievance, that will tear our country apart.

"That is the fight that we are in and I will be in that fight as long as I have breath in my body."