546. Keir Starmer Resigns: What Happens Next?
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What led to Keir Starmer's resignation as Prime Minister?
Well, it may not have been a surprise, given that we all expected it to happen and indeed predicted it on Friday's episode, but it somehow still came as something of a shock that Keir Starmer, who led the Labour Party to a landslide victory less than two years ago, is now heading for the exit door.
Who is likely to succeed Keir Starmer as Prime Minister?
One decade since the Brexit referendum, 10th anniversary tomorrow, his successor, almost certainly Andy Burnham, will be our seventh prime minister in that time. The brutal nature of politics was never clearer as he stood outside Number 10, listed some of the many changes made to Britain, but accepted that his MPs no longer wanted him. And so, fighting to hold back tears as he thanked his wife and their two teenage children, He said he would be gone by September and that he would go with good grace. This afternoon, by-election victor Andy Burnham will take his seat in Parliament. So what then? What are the challenges he has to meet to ensure he lasts longer than the growing list of recent predecessors?
What challenges will Andy Burnham face as the new leader?
All that and more in today's special live episode of The Rest Is Politics. This episode is brought to you by Fuse Energy.
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So, Rory, your first reaction to, as I say, something that was both surprising and somehow shocking.
It was, of course, as I'm sure everybody will say in massive cliches, awful to see yet another prime minister emerge on the steps of Downing Street to resign.
What are the implications of Starmer's leadership on Labour's future?
I mean, I, you know, I was there. when David Cameron did it, when Theresa May did it, and then, of course, Boris Johnson did it, then Liz Truss did it after, you know, what if it was 47, 48 days, then Rishi Sunak did it. So there's that, this sort of odd sense that Britain is becoming a country that's spitting through prime ministers that are Belgian or what used to be an Italian race, although the Italians now hang on. Second thing, I think many of us will feel a sense that, of gratitude towards Keir Starmer, a gratitude for the way he conducts it himself, gratitude for his dignity and thinks he did well. But I also think gratitude above all for the fact that he saw the writing on the wall and didn't try to Joe Biden it and hang on to the last moment.
But what did you feel? I mean, this must be very deep for you as somebody who's right in the heart of this whole story.
I feel a mix of things. And of course, you know, I know Keir very well. Fiona and I know Vic, his wife and their kids. And I did feel that sense of sort of brutality. And I think, you know, it's hard not to feel there is something a little bit unfair about I mean, you know, for example, if you look at a lot of the stuff on social media yesterday, it was basically saying, can't wait to see the back of him, worst prime minister we've ever had.
How can Andy Burnham unify the Labour Party after Starmer?
I think that's a very, very hard claim to make when you look at some of the ones that you just mentioned, Liz Truss probably and Boris Johnson. most of all. But the other thing that was happening yesterday is people were pumping out on social media long, long lists, including stuff that I'd forgotten about, of the things that the government has done. But the reason why it's particularly brutal, I think, is that ultimately...
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What led to Keir Starmer's resignation as Prime Minister?
0:01–0:18
2
Who is likely to succeed Keir Starmer as Prime Minister?
0:18–1:05
3
What challenges will Andy Burnham face as the new leader?
1:05–1:31
4
How has the political landscape changed in the UK since Brexit?
1:31–2:35
5
What are the implications of Starmer's leadership on Labour's future?
2:35–3:58
6
How can Andy Burnham unify the Labour Party after Starmer?
3:58–4:41
7
What strategies should Burnham adopt to address economic growth?
4:41–5:49
8
How will international relations impact Burnham's leadership?
5:49–1:03:31
Speakers
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