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Keir Starmer announces his resignation as prime minister and leader of Labour Party
BBC ^ | June 22 | BBC

Posted on 06/22/2026 1:44:33 AM PDT by RandFan

Keir Starmer resigns as prime minister and leader of the Labour Party, in a statement outside 10 Downing Street - watch BBC coverage at the top of the page

He says every decision he has made in office has been about "putting the country I love first"

Starmer thanks his "fantastic wife, Vic", describing her as a "rock". He also says he wants to be the "best dad I can to my beautiful children, who are my pride and joy"

Andy Burnham - who could replace the PM - will be in Westminster today to be sworn in as MP for Makerfield, after winning the by-election last week

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: twotierkeir
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1 posted on 06/22/2026 1:44:33 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

LOL !

You beat me by 4 seconds !


2 posted on 06/22/2026 1:45:22 AM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Anschluss now !)
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To: Reverend Wright

Remarkable..

I thought it’d be quiet here due to the time difference


3 posted on 06/22/2026 1:46:19 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Great to see this scumbag go, regardless.

Both fake UniParty Tories and Labour thoroughly discredited.


4 posted on 06/22/2026 1:47:17 AM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Anschluss now !)
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To: RandFan

The isomniacs here on the West Coast are still up.


5 posted on 06/22/2026 1:48:02 AM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Anschluss now !)
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To: RandFan

He resigned? Now, if only he would be gassed, and taken to Portmeiron.


6 posted on 06/22/2026 1:48:21 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Dr. Sivana
This is not the prison that scumbag deserves. Just the decision not to prosecute Jimmy Savile alone should be life in Belmarsh.


7 posted on 06/22/2026 1:59:17 AM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Anschluss now !)
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To: Dr. Sivana

I should be asleep but I was still astute enough to catch the reference. Good job :-)


8 posted on 06/22/2026 2:08:10 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
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To: Reverend Wright
It was all tea and seaside chess:


9 posted on 06/22/2026 2:19:44 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: RandFan

Resignation Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGO1rZZq3j8


10 posted on 06/22/2026 3:12:08 AM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: Dr. Sivana

The “blacmange”, the most hokey special effect ever. “Help, I’m being mauled by an immense custard!”

🤣🤣🤣

CC


11 posted on 06/22/2026 3:17:48 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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To: RandFan

The UK idiots are still likely to say it was only Starmer and his specific cabinet and will not properly blame the rest of Labour. So in the next general election over there, they will give Labour the edge to win.


12 posted on 06/22/2026 3:36:01 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Celtic Conservative
You think that was bad. This is the photo of the first "Rover" . . . straight out of the Dr. Who school of special effects:


13 posted on 06/22/2026 3:38:31 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: RandFan
Re: "Wants to be the best dad he can be to his beautiful children..."

Therefore, I am going to quit my job, before I get fired from my job.

14 posted on 06/22/2026 3:38:58 AM PDT by zeestephen (2024 Trump Landslide - Kamala Harris Lost By 230,000 Votes In WI, MI, and PA.)
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To: RandFan

He says every decision he has made in office has been about “putting the country I love first”

…so UK women enjoyed being raped by third worlders?


15 posted on 06/22/2026 3:43:24 AM PDT by albie
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To: RandFan
He says every decision he has made in office has been about "putting the country I love first"

And which country might that be? Because I honestly can't tell. Iran? Pakistan? India?

16 posted on 06/22/2026 3:45:16 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: RandFan

Someone already had this satire up, done by AI and based on the Oasis song/music video of Don’t Look Back In Anger.

https://youtu.be/pwYaT3H-ffs


17 posted on 06/22/2026 3:49:24 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: albie

To be fair, he doesn’t say which country he loves....


18 posted on 06/22/2026 3:50:05 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

If the majority, or even a plurality, of UK would vote for this, then why all those handy, dandy changes to UK election law since Brexit, hmmmm?


19 posted on 06/22/2026 3:57:46 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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