Keir Starmer resigns as UK Prime Minister, becoming sixth British leader in a decade to step down
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Nicholas Dickinson
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Keir Starmer has resigned as Labour leader and UK Prime Minister, becoming the sixth British PM in a decade to step down. His resignation follows Andy Burnham's decisive win in the Makerfield byelection, which intensified pressure on Starmer. The article argues that Starmer's 2024 landslide victory was built on shallow electoral support that crumbled under Brexit-era divisions, weak personal approval ratings, and political pressure from Reform UK, the Greens, and independent candidates.
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· 3 pulledKeir Starmer's resignation exposes the fragility beneath Labour's 2024 landslide, as Brexit-era divisions, weak personal support and pressure from Reform, the Greens and independents pulled apart his shallow electoral support.
In the end, despite his numerous assurances that he would fight on, after Andy Burnham's resounding win in the Makerfield byelection, the pressure on Starmer became too great to withstand.
It makes him the sixth British PM in a decade to stand down.
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