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.
I mean he did implement a lot of stuff that wasn’t in their manifest, like scrapping jury trials, digital ID, social media bans and now client side scanning on every phone
Don’t forget sending you to jail for saying it’s wrong to kill Palestinians.
I’m amazed feddit didn’t ban you for saying this