In his interview with the BBC, the prime minister vowed to stand firm in his leadership.
“Under the last government, we saw constant chopping and changing of leadership, of teams, it caused utter chaos, utter chaos, and it’s amongst the reasons that the Tories were booted out so effectively at the last election,” Sir Keir said.
“Nobody wants to go back to that. It’s not in our national interest.
“We know from that evidence what happens if you go down that chaotic path, and I’m not going to take us back to that kind of chaos.
“I will be sitting in this seat by 2027 and if this long-form interview works, we can try it again in January of next year as well.”
Sir Keir’s comments come just over five months before elections to the Welsh Parliament, the Senedd, the Scottish Parliament and to many local authorities in England on 7 May.
Each will have potentially huge consequences as Labour is currently in power in the Senedd and runs many of the urban councils in England where local elections are being held.
