LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer won his job after leading his party to a massive victory in 2024. Less than two years later, he resigned as his party rebelled in the wake of widespread losses in local elections.
Starmer’s popularity plunged amid a struggling economy, a series of policy missteps, one particularly poor appointment and a perceived lack of vision.
The combination of challenges led to a thrashing for his Labour Party in local elections this spring and calls to step down that cleared a path for a would-be challenger to step forward and ultimately force him aside Monday.
This is a look at how his short-lived premiership unraveled.
The polls only show about a third for RUK, which is roughly consistent with two-thirds believing Brexit was a mistake.
But the big problem is the UK uses an old-fashioned non-proportional voting system where a third can give a party a landslide, like Starmer’s landslide getting 63% of MPs from 33% of votes. That combines with the confrontational face-off style of the Parliament to push UK Prime Ministers to be dividers, not uniters, to keep that crucial 30-40% core power base cheering for them. It feels like it’s been a decade since any even tried much to unite people.