British media reports that Sir Keir Starmer will resign after the rape gang scandal. However, Labour will just appoint someone as bad or worse.
Britain’s Observer newspaper said Prime Minister Keir Starmer was expected to resign on Monday and set out a timetable for his departure, though a government source said Starmer remained focused on getting on with the job of governing.
The threat to Starmer’s position, which has been building for months, increased on Friday when his rival Andy Burnham won a seat in parliament that would allow him to launch a formal leadership challenge. It is not definite that he will.
The Observer report said Starmer was discussing the matter with his wife at his Chequers country residence before making a final decision, but that senior Labour figures expected a clear statement on his future as early as Monday.
On Friday, Starmer said he would challenge the opposition. That wouldn’t go well. Literally, no one wants him, including his own party.
The UK is looking at its seventh Prime Minister in a little over a decade.
Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, is the leading contender to replace Sir Keir Starmer as UK Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party. He recently won a key parliamentary by-election in Makerfield, positioning him to challenge Starmer amid growing dissatisfaction with the government’s economic policies and local election losses
