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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
If Boris resigns or is pushed Labour will be clamouring for a general election (as opposition tends to when leader of ruling party changes) so, in one sense, they don't mind if Keir is fined and resigns and "forces" a change in PM.
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I don't think Johnson would be forced into resigning, they'll just accept how it looks.
Labour won't mind because they get a clean slate for the new guy/gal. Starmer has done the hard work in terms of addressing 2019. Corbyn and his allies have been pushed out to the fringes of the party again, the rules have been changed to make it harder for a fringe candidate to win the leadership and a lot of the Momentum lot have left the party.
Starmer has earned enemies internally for this though and still has a bit of baggage from the Corbyn years. Plus although he isn't hated he is pretty bland so it's not a huge loss for them to put another face on the party.
Better that than having a fined Starmer stay in place after he called on Johnson to resign for getting a fine.