UK PM Starmer resigns as Britain faces its seventh leader in 10 years

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Source: CNBC

Published Mon, Jun 22 2026 4:35 AM EDT Updated 11 Min Ago


U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Monday that he will stand down as Labour leader and prime minster, ending months of political turmoil and opening a contest to replace him.

The announcement follows mounting pressure on the prime minister after Labour suffered heavy losses in local elections in May and faced an increasingly vocal rebellion from his own lawmakers over his leadership and policy agenda.

The move comes less than two years after Starmer led Labour to one of its largest parliamentary majorities in the 2024 general election.

In a statement outside 10 Downing Street shortly after 9:30 a.m. in London, Starmer said he would remain in post until any leadership contest is completed, which he said would help ensure an orderly handover of power.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/22/keir-starmer-resigns-uk-prime-minister.html

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Published Mon, Jun 22 2026 4:35 AM EDT Updated 9 Min Ago


U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Monday that he will stand down as Labour leader and prime minster, ending months of political turmoil and opening a contest to replace him.

The announcement follows mounting pressure on the prime minister after Labour suffered heavy losses in local elections in May and faced an increasingly vocal rebellion from his own lawmakers over his leadership and policy agenda. The move comes less than two years after Starmer led Labour to one of its largest parliamentary majorities in the 2024 general election.

In a statement outside 10 Downing Street shortly after 9:30 a.m. in London, Starmer said he would remain in post until any leadership contest is completed, which he said would help ensure an orderly handover of power.

Labour's former Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, won a decisive victory in a special election on June 18, potentially setting up a challenge for the party's leadership and, by extension, the U.K.'s premiership.

Published Mon, Jun 22 2026 4:35 AM EDT Updated 6 Min Ago


U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Monday that he will stand down as Labour leader and prime minster, ending months of political turmoil and opening a contest to replace him.

The announcement follows mounting pressure on the prime minister after Labour suffered heavy losses in local elections in May and faced an increasingly vocal rebellion from his own lawmakers over his leadership and policy agenda.

The move comes less than two years after Starmer led Labour to one of its largest parliamentary majorities in the 2024 general election.


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[Angleae]

1. Who's got the head of lettuce.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. He did go much longer than Truss

[Angleae]

9. We'll see about his replacements.

[WSHazel]

3. How is Brexit working out?

The UK and U.S. are learning the consequences of putting stupid nihilists in charge of policy.

[DavidDvorkin]

6. Starmer opposed Brexit

He was never a nihilist. He inherited the mess.

[róisín_dubh]

4. I mean, he sucked.

I hope he takes that vile Shabhana Mahmood with him.
I’ll never vote Labour once I’m eligible, because tacking to the right on immigration, on the backs of immigrants, won’t save you from Reform.
Burnham won’t be better though. The UK is in real trouble. But most British voters are morons who don’t realise they were hoodwinked into Brexit by the very people they now think can save them (Farage et al)

[DavidDvorkin]

7. They may not admit they were hoodwinked, but a majority think Brexit was a mistake.

[Miguelito Loveless]

5. Starmer and Labour seem bound and determined

to continue Tory policies on energy, immigration, defunding the NHS, and BREXIT. They will not be happy until the hand over the government to their own Trump (Nigel Farage).

[LeftishBrit]

8. I know

Brexit has basically turned us into a banana republic without bananas!

At least Burnham trounced the Deform candidate in Makerfield; let's hope he can do the same nationally.