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Who is Andy Burnham, likely Starmer successor as British prime minister?
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Labour Party member Andy Burnham is likely to become the next British prime minister after incumbent Keir Starmer on Monday announced that he will resign once there is a new leader in place. Starmer’s resignation could have led to a divisive contest among Labour Party lawmakers, but Burnham, 56, quickly won the support of former…
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National Review
The British Public Is to Blame for the U.K.’s Dysfunction
With Starmer out, the government has churned through seven prime ministers in ten years. The ‘system’ isn’t the only problem.
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Bloomberg Politics
Burnham Sworn in as MP for Makerfield
Andy Burnham has been sworn in as member of parliament for Makerfield. Labour Party MPs greeted his name with a cheer when it was announced. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Washington Examiner
Six prime ministers, nine lives: Downing Street’s ‘chief mouser’ Larry the cat outlasts another leader
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced his resignation on Monday, marking him the sixth change in leadership the United Kingdom has seen in the past decade. While Downing Street has become known for its revolving door of prime ministers, one resident has remained a constant presence throughout the political upheaval: Larry the cat, the […]
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The New Republic
Ousted Republican Senator Says Trump Likes to “Revel in Chaos”
Outbound Senator John Cornyn is getting candid about Donald Trump.The former GOP whip described the instability fueled by the White House in a Semafor interview published Monday, lamenting about how talking with the president isn’t “particularly useful” because “he can and will” flip his opinion depending on whoever he last spoke to.“The president seems to revel in chaos, which is so different from any other leader that I’ve ever seen. I don’t know about you, but I like to minimize the chaos in my life,” Cornyn told Semafor. “He just seems to revel in it. We’ve seen even recent evidence of it on the [Director of National Intelligence].”Cornyn was referring to Trump’s sudden cancellation of a Senate confirmation hearing for Jay Clayton—the president’s pick to run the Office of National Intelligence—via a Truth Social post mere hours before the hearing was set to take place last week.Trump tapped Clayton earlier this month as DNI in place of acting Director Bill Pulte.Pulte’s leadership had sparked a maelstrom in Congress. Democrats refused to renew FISA Section 702, a federal spy bill, until Pulte was replaced by someone with legitimate national security experience, as the position requires by law.Clayton, unfortunately, does not satisfy that requirement either. The former law professor and corporate crisis management counsel has no national security experience to bring to the role.Yet rather than quell the furor, Trump opted to make the stalemate even more difficult for his congressional allies by tacking his dead-in-the-water voter ID bill, the Save America Act, onto negotiations over the lapsed spy statute.Cornyn has become a more vocal critic of the president since he lost his primary runoff last month to Trump’s preferred candidate, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.Cornyn’s race was a gamble and a loss for the GOP: One of the party’s most prolific fundraisers, Cornyn had done much to support other Republican candidates over the course of his 24-year legislative career, bringing in more than $400 million for auxiliary races. The lost cash flow, paired with Trump’s waning popularity and dismal economic offerings, could bode poorly for the Republican Party come November.
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Starmer’s Exit Comes Just Hours After Trump’s Tongue-Lashing
Keir Starmer finally did what millions of Britons had been waiting for, announcing his resignation as Labour Party leader on Monday after losing the confidence of his own MPs — capping a tenure marked by free speech crackdowns, grooming gang scandals, and a Palestinian statehood blunder that left allies fuming. “Every decision I’ve taken has ...
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Truthout
Keir Starmer Expected to Announce His Resignation as UK Prime Minister
But many on the left are skeptical that his likely replacement, Andy Burnham, will truly bring the change he promises.
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Democracy Now!
U.K. Political Crisis: PM Keir Starmer Resigns & Palestine Action "Terrorism" Sentencing of "Elbit 4"
Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as the United Kingdom’s prime minister and leader of the Labour Party following growing pressure from within his own party to step down. During his time in office, Starmer faced mounting opposition over his embrace of austerity measures amid a cost-of-living crisis in Britain, as well as his brutal crackdown on Palestine solidarity protesters. Former Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is widely expected to become the next prime minister. Some leaders of the British left have warned Burnham may do little to shift from Starmer’s policies, including his position on Israel. Starmer “really lost support in the party because he was perceived as too right-wing for it and because he was too boring. He lacked charisma,” explains our guest, the Australian British human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson. Robertson also discusses Britain’s Court of Appeal’s ruling that the government’s proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organization is lawful, making it a criminal offense to belong to or support the organization. Four Palestine Action activists were recently sentenced as terrorists over their involvement in a 2024 raid on a British factory operated by one of Israel’s largest arms manufacturers, Elbit Systems.
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