Andy Burnham inherits a restless country, vague promises, and no margin for error
Sir Keir Starmer has resigned as UK prime minister. Following the re-election to Parliament of Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, the former lawyer realized he had no support left.
After winning in a landslide in 2024, Starmer is but the latest casualty of number 10 Downing Street. And in many ways, it is a wonder why.
Last week on Britain’s most popular radio station, LBC, a female caller quipped, “I don’t understand why he’s so unpopular.” By all accounts, Starmer and his wife are decent people. Both have had decorated careers in public service, as a lawyer and a nurse respectively, and are known to be good parents.
Politically, Starmer is a moderate known for caution. One of the biggest criticisms has been his lack of boldness, and yet Labour has achieved a lot in a short space of time. Renters now have more protections, the minimum wage and state pensions have increased, workers’ rights have improved, the feudal system of ground rent has been reformed and rail operators nationalized. Waiting lists on the health service have declined, and half a million children have been lifted out of poverty.
Elsewhere, immigration (legal and illegal) has dropped. Britain’s homicide rate is the lowest in fifty years. Starmer also secured the best possible trade deal Britain could have got with the EU. He did this whilst avoiding the worst of US President Donald Trump’s erratic behavior.
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