Richard Tice predicts Keir Starmer's exit from No10 with joke at how PM will spend his summer

Marcus Donaldson
Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:52:41 +0000

Reform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice has predicted Keir Starmer will be “unemployed by the summer holidays” amid mounting scandals engulfing No10.

Speaking to GB News, the Boston & Skegness MP reacted to Sir Keir's grilling at Prime Minister’s Questions over his handling of the Lord Mandelson scandal.

“This is probably going to be one of his last performances at PMQs,” Mr Tice said.

“I don't think he'll be Prime Minister by the summer holidays."

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Reform’s deputy leader also reacted to Labour MP Jonathan Brash calling for the Prime Minister to quit live on GB News just moments earlier.

“You've got a well-respected backbencher Labour MP effectively calling for him to go," Mr Tice said.

Echoing Mr Brash's comments, Mr Tice added: “It's a matter of when, not if."

“It's just a matter of weeks, or might it string out for a couple of months… I think this Prime Minister will be unemployed as Prime Minister by the summer holidays,” the Reform deputy leader said.

“I think he's all over the place,” Mr Tice observed.

“In the meantime, people actually want a government that cuts their bills, creates some growth and jobs and lowers the cost of living.

“What we're seeing is a Government that is completely tearing itself apart. You've got cabinet ministers like Ed Miliband yesterday on prime-time TV, basically not defending the Prime Minister."

“This is the endgame,” the Reform MP predicted.

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Minutes earlier, Mr Brash broke ranks with his party in saying Sir Keir would soon have to resign.

“They just need to get a grip. I'm completely fed up about it, and I think it's got to the point now where I genuinely think that, you know, as far as the Prime Minister is concerned, it's not a case of if, it's when,” he said.

“Ultimately, we're in a situation now where I don't think anyone reasonably expects the Prime Minister to lead the party into the next election."

Mr Brash despaired over a series of “own goals coming from the heart of this Government”, suggesting the scandals were distracting ministers from work elsewhere.

“I just think we need to get a handle on this because people out there are worried about their cost of living, they're worried about their NHS, they're worried about crime on their streets," he said.

“We're completely consumed by this scandal. And it's completely unacceptable. And as I'm sure you can tell, I'm quite angry about it.”

Responding to Mr Brash's remarks, the Prime Minister's spokesman said that Sir Keir was "one of four Labour leaders to win an election".

"He has a clear five-year mandate," the spokesman insisted.