UK loses another Prime Minister
6/23/202611 min
Keir Starmer has announced his resignation, and the UK will get its seventh PM in seven years. Today also marks a decade since the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. We speak with Patrick Baker, host of Politico's Westminster Insider podcast.
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Matt Galloway· Host0:29
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Keir Starmer· Soundbite0:37
The question my party is asking now is whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general election. I have heard the answer of my parliamentary party to that question, and I accept that answer with good grace. Every decision I've taken has been about putting the country I love first. That is why I will resign as leader of the Labour Party.
Matt Galloway· Host1:11
England will get a new prime minister again. Keir Starmer announced his resignation yesterday, a day before the tenth anniversary of Brexit. In case you have lost track, this makes him the sixth resident of Number 10 Downing Street in the decade since the UK voted to leave the European Union.