00:00Side by side, a unified front at the Gillingham Stadium that now feels like ancient history.
00:07It was only two years ago when the Shahaba Khan was helping launch the Labour campaign with Sakhir Starmer.
00:15Now she's resigned from his government following a set of dire local election results
00:21where Labour lost thousands of councillors across the country.
00:26Unfortunately, I do not think that the Prime Minister's position is recoverable.
00:32And rightly or wrongly, he has lost the trust of the British public.
00:36You know, I don't think changing leader is a magic bullet that will fix all problems that we might be
00:42presented with.
00:43I'm not suggesting that. And I do recognise that there is a level of risk when you do something like
00:49this.
00:49And I recognise the potential instability it can cause.
00:52But I think it's something we have to do if we want to do what's right for this country.
00:57Nishabha Khan is just one of dozens of MPs calling for fresh leadership in Number 10.
01:03But what do her constituents think in the town centre?
01:07The local MPs called for the Prime Minister to go. Do you think he should go?
01:12Yes. 100%. 100%.
01:14Why is that?
01:15Because I don't think he's done Britain any good at all.
01:20No, I think he should stay where he is. I don't support that, Tom.
01:26On the border?
01:28Yeah, the country has been under a horrible situation for a long time.
01:32And nobody can repair it in one day, so he needs more time.
01:36Do you remember what he said about Boris Johnson when he was messing around?
01:42He should resign, he should resign. So why does he take his own words and resign?
01:46Khan's not the only Kent MP calling for Starmer to go, with Folkestone's Tony Vaughan joining a chorus of voices
01:57calling for change.
01:59But so far, Kent's other MPs have held the line, with Dover MP Mike Tapp and Gravesham MP Lauren Sullivan
02:07throwing their weight behind the Prime Minister.
02:11Internal division is a big fear, as one MP summed up privately, it's stability and delivery for me.
02:19If Starmer was to go now, he'd be the fourth Prime Minister to leave their post in as many years.
02:27Medway mutiny or not, he's going to have a challenge holding on to the keys to number 10.
02:33Oli Lieder in Gillingham.
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