LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer won his job after leading his party to a massive victory in 2024. Less than two years later, he resigned as his party rebelled in the wake of widespread losses in local elections.
Starmer’s popularity plunged amid a struggling economy, a series of policy missteps, one particularly poor appointment and a perceived lack of vision.
The combination of challenges led to a thrashing for his Labour Party in local elections this spring and calls to step down that cleared a path for a would-be challenger to step forward and ultimately force him aside Monday.
This is a look at how his short-lived premiership unraveled.
Not one mention about criminalizing protests against Israel and the genocide in Gaza in that article.
I mean he did implement a lot of stuff that wasn’t in their manifest, like scrapping jury trials, digital ID, social media bans and now client side scanning on every phone
The British are burning their Prime Ministers at an alarming rate. At some point you have to wonder if it’s a character issue or a systemic problem.