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Laura Kuenssberg

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

However, look, Keir Summer is somebody who his allies would say that he is principally driven by duty and wanting to serve the country.

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

So look, if he was asked to be foreign secretary, maybe he would go for it because what else is he going to do apart from, you know, maybe want to disappear for a while and read books and breathe fresh air and

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

you know, hang out with his family.

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

But, you know, he's a man in his early 60s.

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

He's somebody, of course, who's managed to get to the highest office in the land.

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

He's somebody with great capabilities and a huge range of experience.

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

So is he going to go to the back benches?

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

But I think it's hard to see.

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

But look, stranger things have happened in the last 10 years in this country.

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

So we just don't know.

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

You're going to have a lot of reason to do mockery, which is a big part of politics.

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

And you're going to have lots of reasons to chuck jibes around like two-year care.

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

And it's going to be really fun politically for the opposition parties for a while.

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

After a period, though, it's completely unknown as to how it progresses.

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

So Andy Burnham is someone who the public like more, a lot more than they do Keir Starmer.

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

Therefore, in one sense, that makes him automatically a tougher opponent.

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

That said, we've got no idea if he gets into number 10, if he's going to run an effective administration or not.

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

We've got absolutely no idea.

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

So I think in the kind of short term, yeah, the opposition parties have got lots and lots of ammunition to chuck around.

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Why Keir Starmer’s Resignation Looks More Likely Than Ever

Of course they do.