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What does Trump want from a new UK prime minister?
The US president was once considered to have a close friendship with Keir Starmer, but that quickly fell apart with the war in Iran.
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Bloomberg Politics
Who Is Andy Burnham, the UK’s Likely Next Prime Minister?
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Andy Burnham’s likely ascent to the pinnacle of UK politics reflects an aptitude as a politician, orator and organizer that many members of Parliament found lacking in the job’s current occupant, Keir Starmer. Burnham, 56, a Labour politician and former mayor of Greater Manchester, appears set to succeed Starmer as prime minister after the incumbent announced his resignation on June 22.
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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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Bloomberg Politics
A Decade After Brexit, Britain Can’t Keep A Prime Minister
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigned today after less than two years in office. On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg’s Edward Evans and guest host Wendy Benjaminson break down how Starmer became the sixth leader to quit in a decade, and what the turmoil a Downing Street means for the UK’s fractured political system and its relationships globally. (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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BizPac Review
Smear campaign won’t stop efforts to look into UK grooming gangs
Restore Britain leader and British MP Rupert Lowe won’t let a recent smear campaign stop his efforts to look into local grooming gangs. While the country has […]
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The Hill News
Who is Andy Burnham, likely Starmer successor as British prime minister?
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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