Earlier this morning, Sir Keir Starmer gave his emotional resignation speech. At any time, this is big news. A few hours later, a newly elected member of parliament, Andy Burnham, was sworn in. Normally a low-key event that rarely makes the news, but today this was part of the breathless news coverage, as “our Andy” is highly likely to become the new leader of the Labour party and therefore the new Prime Minister of the UK.
Anyone watching today from a distance would find the whole thing rather baffling.
If the government has been quite as successful as Sir Keir said it was, and the governing party has a whacking majority in Parliament, why on earth is he resigning?
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