Keir Starmer could be out of a job in just a week’s time – maybe. With the local elections taking place next week, it’s feared that Labour could be wiped out, with the Prime Minister losing his party’s backing as a result.
And while the usual names like Angela Rayner, Andy Burnham and rival Kemi Badenoch are being touted as the replacement, the Daily Star has widened its scope to see who else might want the top job . . . or at least who we think could do a better job.
According to our social media queen Ruby Naldrett, Gemma Collins could “deffo handle running a country” because of “the way she dealt with David Haye and Jimmy Bullard” in the recent I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here row.
In the football world, reporter Ashley Pemberton is backing two Premier League managerial legends for the role. “Sean Dyche and Sam Allardyce, who are basically the same thing,” he said. “They’re the safe pair of hands this country needs.”
Senior reporter Andrea Oldereide picked a very left-field candidate, with early 2010s rap sensation Lady Sovereign. She said: “An aggressive lesbian rapper from Wembley. Do I need to say more. She’ll get stuff done and she’ll def NOT bow down to Trump.”
Long-time Daily Star editor/reporter Abigail Hunt picked arguably the most British of figures – Gromit, from Wallace and Gromit. “Says nothing, fixes everything. Arguably ideal,” she very accurately said.
And for reasons nobody is quite sure of, Showbiz guru Carly Hacon simply said “it’s Chico time.”
Full list:
Chris Packham
Count Binface
Basil Brush
Ryan Reynolds
Mr Blobby
The GC (Gemma Collins): Could “deffo handle running a country” because of “the way she dealt with David Haye and Jimmy Bullard”.
Phil Parkinson
Big John
Bez from the Happy Mondays: A “proper northern powerhouse”.
Sean Dyche/Sam Allardyce: Described as “the same thing” and a “safe pair of hands”.
Luke Littler: Has “not let recent criticism knock him off course”.
David Jason/Del Boy: A “Unifying figure and we all need a chuckle at the minute”.
Dean Gaffney
Deji/Comedy Shorts Gamer
Brock Lesnar: Is “looking for work…”
Gromit from Wallace and Gromit: “Says nothing, fixes everything. Arguably ideal”.
Chico: “It’s Chico time”.
Homer Simpson: “Sets low expectations and sometimes exceeds them”.
Liz Lettuce
Brooklyn Beckham: “Knows a thing or two about shaking off unwanted relationships”.
Bigfoot: Has “Charisma in spades,” is a “fantastic orator and really hairy,” and is “a dab hand with economics”.
Mr. Bean: Advocated for “Less talking, more doing,” as he would “resolve complex international diplomatic crises without saying a single word”.
Idris Elba: Suggested because he is charismatic and “Americans would 00% listen to him”.
Lady Sovereign: An “aggressive lesbian rapper from Wembley” who will “get stuff done” and “def NOT bow down to Trump”.
Tilda Swinton: Will “get the whole ‘lizards run the world’ conspiracy theory a reason to thrive” and is an “alien in disguise who will maintain good diplomatic intergalactic relations”.
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