546. Keir Starmer Resigns: What Happens Next?
6/22/20261 hr 6 min
What does Keir’s Starmer’s exit as Prime Minister and leader of the Labour party mean for the UK? After his thumping victory against Reform UK last week, will Andy Burnham face a contest or a coronation on his path to becoming the country’s seventh prime minister since the Brexit referendum? What challenges will Burnham face in his attempt to turn things around for Labour and last longer than his predecessors?
Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more.
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First 90 secondsAlastair Campbell· Host0:01
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 Labor Party to a landslide victory less than two years ago, is now heading for the exit door. One decade since the Brexit referendum, tenth 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 Ten, listed some of the many changes he's 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? All that and more in today's special live episode of The Rest Is Politics. This episode is brought to you by Oohh Energy.
Rory Stewart· Host1:13
Now, moving home has a way of revealing a mountain of background tasks and endless to-do lists. There's dealing with the boxes, the broadband, the change of address forms, and the discovery that you own far too many mugs.
Alastair Campbell· Host1:26
And because of that, people often just accept whatever supplier happens to be