Nosheen Iqbal

Today, a farewell to Keir Starmer, Britain's sixth Prime Minister in just under a decade.

When the former human rights lawyer, full of ambition, won by a landslide in the 2024 general election, hope was in the air.

So Kia Starmer had arrived on a promise to repair 14 years of Conservative damage.

Just two years later, with anger and disappointment swelling across the country, he's been forcibly ejected from the job.

He's a decent man, we're told repeatedly.

But he's the most disliked prime minister since modern polling began.

As Starmer stepped out to the lectern outside Downing Street, he certainly looked the part.

Elegant grey suit, immaculately slicked sidequiff, and the dignified gravitas you'd expect from a prime minister.

But he just couldn't deliver.

It was an emotional departure.

Whatever your political opinions, it was a sad moment.

How did it all go so wrong?

And will Labour now convince voters that things can only get better?

From The Guardian, I'm Nosheen Iqbal.

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Now, you have been a political columnist for The Guardian for well over a decade.

And in that time, we've seen six prime ministers.

Is that unprecedented in British history?

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