British Prime Minster Kier Starmer resigns.

 

Prime Minster Kier Starmer announcing his resignation. AP. 

Embattled British Prime Minster Kier Starmer has announced his resignation. AP. Starmer announced his resignation, but will still serve until a replacement is found. Starmer made his announcement after his rival, former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, won an election, giving Labor a path to remove him if he didn't stand down. Brunham is considered the frontrunner to replace him. Starmer lead Labor to a landslide victory over the Tories but quickly lost faith with both his party and the British people. Starmer was rocked by scandals, including the Peter Mandelson/Jeffrey Epstein scandal, and was unable to turn the economy around. President Donald Trump scooped Starmer on his own resignation this weekend. 

My Comment:

What is shocking to me is the fact that Starmer isn't resigning because of any of the massive problems the UK has right now, like the military being a joke. He's not resigning because immigration is causing the country to be unstable. And he's not resigning because of the Pakistani grooming gang scandals. He's resigning because his party lost faith in him. And not because of any of those issues! 

So why did Starmer quit? His party lost the local elections last month. There doesn't seem to be any introspection from Labor as to why they did, they are just making Starmer the scapegoat. I think they blame him for their own issues but I do have to say that Starmer has zero in the way of charisma. 

Hilariously, President Trump announced the resignation over the weekend. I think that shows that their relationship has been greatly damaged and I don't think Trump is sad to see him go. Starmer famously did not help with the Iran conflict. Though his supporters say it was a moral stand, the fact was that the UK simply wasn't able to help because their military is just in that sorry of a state. They could have deployed a carrier but they had no destroyers available to escort the ship! The relationship never recovered. 

The problem with this resignation is that I don't think it will change anything. Andy Burnham is even further to the left than Starmer and I doubt that he is going to deal with any of the severe problems that the UK is facing. Indeed, I think he will double down on horrible things like forcing internet ID's, not deporting immigrants and not spending money on their military. 

Given that there isn't a mandatory election until 2029, it's no likely that there is going to be any change until then. Nigel Farage is set to win that election with his Reform Party, but everyone on the right expects him to betray the people that may put him into power and refuse to stop immigration and start deportations. That's the mood of the country from what I can understand, the country has very little in the way of hope. 

As for Starmer, how bad was he compared to other Prime Minsters? I'd say only the fact that he was a leftist made him worse than the ones that proceeded him. None of the Tory Prime Minsters were worth anything at all. I am glad to see him go, but I have zero faith that Andy Burnham is going to be any better?