Starmer ousted: Why the British government is in turmoil
6/23/202620 min
After months of criticism, and two significant scandals, Sir Keir Starmer has resigned as British prime minister.
So, why is the country on the cusp of having is seventh prime minister in only 10 years?
Today, Europe correspondent David Crowe on Starmer’s drastic fall, and on Andy Burnham, the unconventional politician who’s expected to take his place.
Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Clips
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsSamantha Selinger-Morris· Host0:00
[upbeat music] After months of criticism and two significant scandals, Sir Keir Starmer has resigned as British Prime Minister. So why is the country on the precipice of voting in a seventh prime minister in only 10 years? I'm Samantha Selinger-Morris, and you're listening to the Morning Edition from The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. Today, Europe correspondent David Crowe on Keir Starmer's drastic fall, and on Andy Burnham, the unconventional politician who's expected to take his place. David Crowe, welcome back to the podcast.
David Crowe· Guest0:49
It's so good to be back on the podcast, Sam. Good to talk to you.
Samantha Selinger-Morris· Host0:53
We are so lucky you're there because as we are recording this on Tuesday morning, Australian time, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, of course, has announced his resignation to make way for a new leader of the Labour Party. So why has he resigned? What happened? Because Keir Starmer won an election landslide only two years ago.
David Crowe· Guest1:12
Yes, it's, it is quite amazing. The thing is that the spill has been happening in slow motion here for so long, even though they won in a landslide two years ago. The last year has been characterized by incessant complaining about Keir