{"id":145543,"date":"2026-05-10T11:45:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T10:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/?p=145543"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:11:18","slug":"starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer ally calls for prime minister to resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Labour MP once considered to be close ally of Keir Starmer has called for him to resign as prime minister.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Josh Simons, the Labour MP for Makerfield, has written an article for the <i>Times<\/i> newspaper expressing his view that Starmer should oversee an \u201corderly transition to a new prime minister\u201d.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Simons was director of the Labour Together think tank before entering parliament. The group, associated with former Downing Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney, was prominent in supporting Starmer\u2019s rise to power.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Simons was one of the first MPs that entered parliament at the 2024 general election appointed to a ministerial post. However, he resigned as a junior minister serving jointly in the Cabinet Office and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in February 2026. He stepped after facing claims that Labour Together commissioned a report that looked into journalists\u2019 backgrounds.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In his <i>Times<\/i> article, Simons wrote: \u201cWhen a party fears the people it was created to represent, it is marching towards extinction\u2026<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese elections were not a normal mid-term drubbing, they were an unequivocal judgment that our actions do not meet the moment. We constantly talk big, then act small.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cPutting the people I represent and the country I love first, I do not believe the prime minister can rise to this moment. He has lost the country. He should take control of the situation by overseeing an orderly transition to a new prime minister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simons shared the article in a post to Twitter (formerly X) alongside additional comments.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He stated: \u201cThis was not an easy piece to write. But because of my history in the Labour Party I felt a duty to be honest.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe Labour MPs must square up to the truth. These elections were not a normal mid-term drubbing, they were an unequivocal judgement that our actions do not meet the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo put the country first, the PM should lead an orderly transition. Senior figures across the party should urgently come together to agree a path forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simons\u2019 intervention comes after a fellow former Labour minister, Catherine West, threatened to launch a \u201cstalking horse\u201d challenge to the prime minister.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday afternoon, West called on the cabinet to \u201creorganise themselves\u201d and put forward their \u201cbest communicator\u201d to replace Starmer. Speaking to <i>BBC News<\/i> in the wake of this week\u2019s elections, the Labour MP and former Foreign Office said she was putting senior ministers \u201con notice\u201d.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>West said: \u201cMy preferred option is for the cabinet to do a reshuffle within itself, where there&#8217;s plenty of talent, and for Keir to be given a different role, which he might enjoy, perhaps an international role.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>West sought to justify her proposal across as Sunday morning media round.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>West told the BBC\u2019s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme: \u201cI will hear what the prime minister\u2019s got to say tomorrow and, then if I\u2019m still dissatisfied, I will put out my email to the parliamentary Labour Party, asking for names. And the reason I\u2019m doing that is not for me. It\u2019s for working people, because Labour is the only party that can beat Reform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>West was asked if she believes that she will get the requisite number of MPs \u2013 81 \u2013 to mount a leadership challenge.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>She responded: \u201cWe will find out when I put out my email to the Parliamentary Labour Party, but what we need is that timetable from the chair of the party, and she and I are very good friends, she knows, I\u2019ve asked her for an orderly transition into a leadership election, which will allow us to make the case to the country, as well as to our colleagues, so that we can go forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Labour MP once considered to be close ally of Keir Starmer has called for him to resign as prime minister.\u00a0 Josh Simons, the Labour MP for Makerfield, has written an article for the Times newspaper expressing his view that Starmer should oversee an \u201corderly transition to a new prime minister\u201d.\u00a0 Simons was director of&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/\" title=\"Read Starmer ally calls for prime minister to resign\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":145544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[6160,5946],"editors-picks":[],"maps":[],"class_list":["post-145543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-catherine-west","tag-keir-starmer-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Starmer ally calls for prime minister to resign - Politics.co.uk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Starmer ally calls for prime minister to resign - Politics.co.uk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Labour MP once considered to be close ally of Keir Starmer has called for him to resign as prime minister.\u00a0 Josh Simons, the Labour MP for Makerfield, has written an article for the Times newspaper expressing his view that Starmer should oversee an \u201corderly transition to a new prime minister\u201d.\u00a0 Simons was director of... Read more &raquo;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Politics.co.uk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-10T10:45:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-11T14:11:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Portrait-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Josh Self\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Josh Self\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/10\\\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/10\\\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Josh Self\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9a232de0959ff678e2d672ecc58c2fbc\"},\"headline\":\"Starmer ally calls for prime minister to resign\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-10T10:45:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-11T14:11:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/10\\\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":625,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/10\\\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Portrait-1.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Catherine West\",\"Keir Starmer\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/10\\\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/10\\\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/10\\\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\\\/\",\"name\":\"Starmer ally calls for prime minister to resign - Politics.co.uk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/10\\\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/10\\\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Portrait-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-10T10:45:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-11T14:11:18+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/10\\\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/10\\\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/10\\\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Portrait-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Portrait-1.jpeg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/news\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/10\\\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Starmer ally calls for prime minister to resign\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"Politics.co.uk\",\"description\":\"UK politics - latest news and insight\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Politics.co.uk\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/politicscouk.wpengine.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/Politics-logo-redesign-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/politicscouk.wpengine.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/Politics-logo-redesign-Black.png\",\"width\":3682,\"height\":990,\"caption\":\"Politics.co.uk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9a232de0959ff678e2d672ecc58c2fbc\",\"name\":\"Josh Self\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c2ebc4c87dc0f14e41d9e70212c2650248a700c3f57c1dd365c66c2b48b6930e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c2ebc4c87dc0f14e41d9e70212c2650248a700c3f57c1dd365c66c2b48b6930e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c2ebc4c87dc0f14e41d9e70212c2650248a700c3f57c1dd365c66c2b48b6930e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Josh Self\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/josh-self-994553205\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.politics.co.uk\\\/author\\\/joshself\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Starmer ally calls for prime minister to resign - Politics.co.uk","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Starmer ally calls for prime minister to resign - Politics.co.uk","og_description":"A Labour MP once considered to be close ally of Keir Starmer has called for him to resign as prime minister.\u00a0 Josh Simons, the Labour MP for Makerfield, has written an article for the Times newspaper expressing his view that Starmer should oversee an \u201corderly transition to a new prime minister\u201d.\u00a0 Simons was director of... Read more &raquo;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/","og_site_name":"Politics.co.uk","article_published_time":"2026-05-10T10:45:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-11T14:11:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Portrait-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Josh Self","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Josh Self","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/"},"author":{"name":"Josh Self","@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/9a232de0959ff678e2d672ecc58c2fbc"},"headline":"Starmer ally calls for prime minister to resign","datePublished":"2026-05-10T10:45:56+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-11T14:11:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/"},"wordCount":625,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Portrait-1.jpeg","keywords":["Catherine West","Keir Starmer"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/","url":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/","name":"Starmer ally calls for prime minister to resign - Politics.co.uk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Portrait-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-05-10T10:45:56+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-11T14:11:18+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Portrait-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Portrait-1.jpeg","width":1500,"height":1000},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/starmer-ally-calls-for-prime-minister-to-resign\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Starmer ally calls for prime minister to resign"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/","name":"Politics.co.uk","description":"UK politics - latest news and insight","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/#organization","name":"Politics.co.uk","url":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/politicscouk.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Politics-logo-redesign-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/politicscouk.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Politics-logo-redesign-Black.png","width":3682,"height":990,"caption":"Politics.co.uk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/9a232de0959ff678e2d672ecc58c2fbc","name":"Josh Self","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c2ebc4c87dc0f14e41d9e70212c2650248a700c3f57c1dd365c66c2b48b6930e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c2ebc4c87dc0f14e41d9e70212c2650248a700c3f57c1dd365c66c2b48b6930e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c2ebc4c87dc0f14e41d9e70212c2650248a700c3f57c1dd365c66c2b48b6930e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Josh Self"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/josh-self-994553205\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/author\/joshself\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145543"},{"taxonomy":"editors-picks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/editors-picks?post=145543"},{"taxonomy":"maps","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/maps?post=145543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}