Have PM resignations become a new British disease?
6/23/202630 min
Sir Keir Starmer resigned as prime minister yesterday morning, clearing the way for Andy Burnham to take the top job. But how did a leader who won a historic landslide election just 2 years ago become the shortest serving Labour prime minister in history? Is Burnham offering anything fundamentally different? And with 7 leaders in the past 10 years, have prime ministerial resignations become a new British disease?
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Host: Luke Jones.
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In the end, he'll be the shortest serving Labour Prime Minister we've ever had.
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Good morning from Westminster on a day of history, a Labour landslide after 14 years in opposition, a spectacular turn- 23 months ago, Keir Starmer had that post-landslide glow.
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