Key events 20s ago Reed rejects ambassador's claim Starmer might be forced out after May elections, saying 'he's not Mystic Meg' 48m ago Steve Reed dismisses Labour rebels as ‘usual suspects’, as Starmer prepares for final PMQs of 2024-26 session Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Reed rejects ambassador's claim Starmer might be forced out after May elections, saying 'he's not Mystic Meg' In his interview with Times Radio this morning, Steve Reed , the housing secretary, said the UK ambassador to Washington, Christian Turner, was wrong to suggest in a private conversation that Keir Starmer may lose his job after the May elections. Asked about the comment, Reed said: double quotation mark [Turner] was speaking to a group of school kids. I don’t know whether he meant it seriously, lightheartedly, but whatever it is, it’s not going to happen. He’s not Mystic Meg. We saw in the vote last night, our parliamentary Labour party, our MPs are fully behind our prime minister.…