North Cornwall’s Ben Maguire on Keir Starmer Quitting as PM

The country has a new line forming outside Downing Street, and North Cornwall’s MP has a blunt message for whoever ends up behind the famous black door. Stop the chaos. Start delivering.

Ben Maguire MP responded today after Keir Starmer announced he would resign as Prime Minister, and his frustration was clear.

Seven Prime Ministers in ten years

For Ben Maguire, the resignation is part of a pattern he says is doing real damage.

“After over a decade of complete Tory instability, we’re now very sadly getting more of the same from Labour, and as an MP it does genuinely frustrate me to see it first hand in Westminster: more infighting within the parties, rather than actually delivering for British people,” he said.

He pointed to the sheer turnover at the top.

“This marks the SEVENTH Prime Minister we’ve had in the last ten years. It’s complete madness. How can we expect any government to make solid progress? Or the markets to be able to have stability, and for this country’s economy to grow, if the Head of the Government constantly changes?”

‘Our rural communities have been let down’

The North Cornwall MP said the instability was leaving the country stuck, and that his constituents had run out of patience.

“What we need now is a bit of ambition, a bit of drive to get things going. It’s sad to say but Britain is very much stagnating, and from the chaos of the Tories and now Labour, it’s easy to see why,” he said.

He singled out social care as a fix that keeps getting delayed.

“Fixing social care now, rather than kicking it into the long grass, is essential if we want to rebuild our NHS. My constituents at this point are well and truly fed up, because our rural communities have been let down time and time again.”

The priorities he says he’s getting on with

Despite the upheaval in Westminster, Ben Maguire said his own focus had not shifted.

“Meanwhile, I’m very proud to be getting on with priorities that matter most to them: like tackling our dire lack of NHS dentistry; the constant, scandalous dumping of sewage into our rivers and seas; fighting alongside my Lib Dem colleagues to deliver genuinely affordable housing for young families here in Cornwall; and tackling the cost of living crisis, which has seen prices surge beyond belief these last few years.”