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Monday, 22 June 2026

Starmer Legs It



Keir Starmer resigns and sets out departure timetable as London MPs surge behind Andy Burnham


Sir Keir spoke to the nation from Downing Street as he became the shortest serving Labour Prime Minister





Cheer up old chap, you are well out of it and at least you didn't descend to this level -

 






11 comments:

DiscoveredJoys said...

On the other hand David Lammy does not get to be acting PM.

Tammly said...

One word from Starmer and nothing he pronounces happens.

Chris said...

There is only one way to look at this.

We are now royally and utterly f.....

A K Haart said...

DJ - a huge bonus, he'll have to stick to Mastermind.

Tammly - it's uncanny, he's clearly not a betting man.

Chris - especially if we remember that Starmer was the best they could come up with at the time.

James Higham said...

Starmer resigned, did he? Never noticed.

Peter MacFarlane said...

I’m puzzled.

Exactly in what way is Burnham supposed to be an improvement?

What does he represent other being not-Starmer?

A K Haart said...

James - there isn't much to notice, he's hanging on, hoping something might turn up.

Peter - he has more expressive eyebrows, I think that's the main improvement.

johnd said...

Presumably, Burnham will get a better pension as an ex Prime Minister than as an ex Mayor, but I cannot see there being any improvement in outcome for the UK.

A K Haart said...

John - yes, signs so far are that it's positive for Burnham and those he chooses to promote, negative for everyone else.

Anonymous said...

I never minded Davey falling in the water. I only became upset when he surfaced.
Penseivat

A K Haart said...

Penseivat - good point, he always get things wrong like that.