The UK Just Lost Its Sixth Prime Minister of the Decade
UK prime minister Keir Starmer has resigned from office less than two years after leading the Labour party to a landslide general election victory.
Starmer’s popularity has tanked since the start of his premiership as Britons have faced tax hikes, spending cuts, and struggled to see the promised improvements to creaking public services. May’s local elections confirmed the challenge Labour faces in keeping the British electorate onside, after the party lost nearly 1,500 councillors across the country, losing control of 38 councils. Many were snapped up by Nigel Farage’s challenger party Reform UK.
“The question my party is asking now is whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general election,” Starmer said on Monday morning outside his official residence on Downing Street in London. “I have heard the answer of my parliamentary party to that question, and I accept that answer with good grace.” A...
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