Joe Pike
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Newscast · The King Arrives In The US, But Can He Mend The Special Relationship? · 27 Apr 2026
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But soon after that announcement from the Speaker, we have in Westminster really sensed a sort of anxiety on behalf of Number 10.
We had Keir Starmer suddenly being announced as appearing before the parliamentary Labour Party, the PLP.
a big meeting of MPs to talk to them.
We had this unexpected intervention from Gordon Brown, backing in words as opposed to on camera, the Prime Minister.
I've also spoken to a lot of MPs who say they have had phone calls from
either cabinet ministers or senior MPs trying to get them on side.
That does point, I think, to a number 10 who are worried about how this vote could do tomorrow and certainly who don't want to be complacent and want to ensure that as many MPs are in the chamber tomorrow to vote for them and to stop this going to a stage which, as Boris Johnson found, could be pretty damaging.
That's such a good point, Adam.
I agree entirely because there is this view from some, including one MP who just texted me in the last few minutes, that this is unnecessary and that really it could look like the Prime Minister is panicking.
That is a danger and it's maybe not the message you want to get across to Labour MPs.
Certainly this morning we had...
in the news bulletins on the BBC, this intervention from Alan Johnson and David Blunkett, criticising the Tories' move.
Now, yes, those are two respected former cabinet ministers who might be able to persuade Labour MPs, but without their intervention, arguably, the story of the Privileges Committee wouldn't have been something you heard or saw waking up this morning.
And therefore, there is argument as to whether by throwing the kitchen sink at all of this, the...
government are being not complacent and really trying hard to ensure they win this and not regretting it in the future or whether they look like they're really worried.
And that's not something that you really want your leader in his team to look like.
That's true.
And there are certainly Labour MPs who are already vocally anti-Stalmer, who are saying, well, the Prime Minister should just let this go through.
And if he's not misled the House, he can defend himself.
But there are others that do think even comparing this to Boris Johnson is nonsense, because, of course, there was a police investigation underway at that point.
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