Starmer's resigned

[Sadcafe]

So the admittedly boring but truly decent PM has announced his resignation and the egotistical, pompous Burnham will doubtless become PM. God help the country

Poisoned chalice is what he won. It won't be any different for Burnham.

Wes Streeting has just announced he will not stand in an election for new PM. This is a really pragmatic and strategic move.

Wes sees a leadership contest is not good for anyone, he knows he probably won’t win and has probably negotiated a Cabinet Post.

Wes’s decision makes it harder for others to put their hat in the ring. A smooth rapid transition of PM is best for the country.

As a pp said making KS Foreign Secretary is not an absurd idea given the relationships he has already built with Ukraine, Europe, US it would give stability. It’s why David Cameron being FS was a sensible appointment.

It's insulting to voters, it's almost like if they keep repeating his name long enough everyone just assumes he got the job unchallenged. I wish Starmer had just walked and let the shysters get on with it.

Sorry hun didn’t mean to cause you an eye roll. Hope you’re ok after my unacceptable addition to mumsnet xx

Exactly as predicted/requested by Farage - it's so depressing. We're not a democracy anymore - we're a corrupt, self-important little tinpot nation after Brexit - the right wing media owners have never wanted a Labour government - Starmer has been hounded out by them as was Rayner, Milliband etc. They will start on Burnham shortly - probably gearing up already. They have chased Starmer out instead of looking into Farage and his 5 million, money for his house and Tice's taxes.
We're all being played - again.

I just hope he increases the stat pension, it is a joke compared to comparable countries. Free train travel for OAPS would be brilliant too.

Exactly 😁

Really? How have things actually changed for the worse since 2024? Pathetic

No it's not bollocks.

If AB is going to do something different to the policy that KS was elected on then that leads to instability as we have an unelected PM who wants to do something different to the man who was elected.

That's right...the man who was elected. Every party puts forward the person who is the leader, the person who will be PM if they win.

Otherwise, why bother putting forward a leader at all-why not just say-Vote for the Monster Raving Loony Party and we will decide on the leader, the PM, if we win?

Why bother putting down a personal name on the Ballot Paper. Why not just list all the Partys that are standing and you vote for the Party, not the person because by your logic, the person is secondary to the party.

Just ask Our Ange-she will tell you why there should be a General Election if a PM is changed without an election, as she was almost frothing at the mouth when the Conservatives did the same trick.

So, an election would give us stability.

The PM would be someone the country voted for, that the majority wants-that's stable. Instability is passing the job to someone who might have their own agenda that is vastly different from the person who was actually put in power by the electorate.

Grabbing power by the back door is a a big Fuck You to the electorate and, in this particular case, a cynic might say it was always the plan to stand KS as PM just to get in because they knew AB would not win an election and then, a couple of years later get rid of KS and push in AB.

Who knows. If AB wants stability, wants a mandate, let him call an election. he won't because there is always a chance he might lose and no matter what else, you're told-that's the reason right there.

Presumably the labour back benchers think they've got a better chance of keeping their jobs by ditching Starmer. Instead they've guaranteed a GE and back to Tory, or worse, coalition government and what's left of the Labour party will be back in the wilderness, again. What a bunch of clowns.

People are blaming Labour for the state of the country. Have they forgotten about Liz Truss? Or what Covid did to the economy, don’t forget about Brexit and the drop in GDP. It feels like the Uk was before we joined the common market in the 70’s.

Why in the hell did Cameron give Joe public the chuffing vote on leaving the EU 🤦‍♀️. I have friends that voted to leave who now regret it. Their votes were based on immigration and the lies told by the likes of Farage and Johnson.

I wouldn't be so sure. Last time it looked liked she was going to go the markets had a wobble as the policies that she's put in place are actually starting to work.
But no one notices this due to all the noise around the Pm.

Oh yeah, just keep bleeding working people dry to pay an ever-increasing welfare bill. Great idea.

I join the chorus of people asking what is the point of this change?
For a while, we've had a new PM every 1-2 years.
Where is the stability?
It feels like this country is being governed by social media now.

Doesn’t mean I’m not impacted though….. Imagine not living in the UK… but still impacted by this silly circus….
(It means it’s costing me money if your mind didn’t stretch beyond the greatness of the British isles)

How have they guaranteed a GE? Back to Tory? The Tories that got 2% of votes last week? It’s not the government who are clowns.

I think Andy Burnham has done what's best for Andy Burnham. 🙄

I wasn't keen on Starmer but would have preferred this hadn't happened. More upheaval and infighting is probably on the cards while we have to watch from the sidelines.

The reason Cameron made it an election pledge to hold a referendum was because UKIP looked likely to win a lot of seats if he didn’t.

The issue for me was that DC didn’t plan for an out vote. That is what did the damage because a lot of issues like Northern Ireland were not part of the debate.

All these people moaning about the state of the country, the country is in a state because of this exact mindset. Allowing the press and the vocal minority push out PM’s repeatedly after such a short amount of time means we’ve had years of short sighted government that don’t have time to do anything meaningful.

Too many people hung up on who's the leader, who's not and whether they've got a big personality or not.
I might not have voted in a new PM, but it's the PARTY and their politics you vote for. Or should be.

Exactly, just let them get on with the job.

This.
Starmer is a decent man and one of the few politicians who isn’t in politics for his own gain. So what if he doesn’t have presence, it shouldn’t matter as long as he is doing his job effectively and with integrity. The press have hounded him relentlessly and too many people don’t look beyond sensationalist headlines. It’s a real shame Starmer is not able to serve his term in office and actually make sustained impact on the mess the tories left the country in.

Could not agree more.

That is not how it works. Seven prime minister in 10 years - no one called for an election when they swapped and switched on Tory watch.

Oh dear.