‘Less authentic than AI’: Starmer's ‘reset’ speech rejected as rivals close in
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🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In the aftermath of catastrophic local election results for Labour, Sir Keir Starmer gave a speech to MPs on Monday in a desperate bid to retain their support.
But with his shabby outfit and outdated ideas, the Prime Minister only dug himself a deeper grave. Camilla and Tim catch up with the Telegraph’s Chief Political Commentator, Ben Riley-Smith, on the mood inside No 10 as challengers eye the premiership.
Plus, Green leader Zack Polanski has been caught out in another lie by the Telegraph. But will this latest revelation even matter to his voters?
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Highlights
- Starmer's desperate speech as MPs continue to call for his resignation
- Zack Polanski caught in another lie by The Telegraph
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.1 | Shabbily dressed, outdated ideas. |
| 0:13.0 | The speech was supposed to save Kier Stama, |
| 0:14.9 | but he only dug himself a deeper grave. |
| 0:17.1 | The Labour MP trying to unseat him won't back down and now Angela Rainer, West |
| 0:22.8 | Streeting and Andy Burnham are circling. And Zach Polanski caught out on another lie. Why do |
| 0:29.9 | people trust him? Welcome to the Daily Tea with me, Camilla Tominy. And me Tim Stanley. |
| 0:45.5 | Music And me, Tim Stanley. Tim Stanley. |
| 0:46.8 | Tim, it's a shame we're not recording this at 2.30. |
| 0:48.9 | Because I've just had to put a torch inside your golf. |
| 0:51.7 | You have, yeah. |
| 0:52.3 | And have a look at what's going on back there. |
| 0:53.9 | What's going on? |
| 0:55.0 | Oh, you'd have seen a little party of dwarves hammering my tooth with chisels. I've just got a wisdom tooth coming through. There's nothing you can do about it. It's a bit late in the day, isn't it? I know. I'm still growing. I'm still growing as a man. I mean, it's bad enough to have to watch Kirstama do his 30th reset speech. |
| 1:14.6 | Which is not unlike dentistry. |
| 1:16.6 | Yes, indeed, but it's quite another to have to watch it while you've got two things. |
| 1:20.6 | Poor thing and you've got to sketch it after this. |
| 1:22.6 | Are you all right? |
| 1:23.6 | What did we... |
| 1:24.6 | Sorry, can I just start with? |
| 1:26.6 | You're trying to save your |
| 1:29.0 | premiership. You have just suffered Labor's worst local election defeat in history. You turn up |
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