Posted on 06/24/2026 12:15:38 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Keir Starmer will remain the MP for Holborn and St Pancras after standing down as prime minister, Downing Street has confirmed.
Starmer’s spokesperson said he was not expecting to take a role in Andy Burnham’s cabinet if offered one, though some MPs have suggested Burnham could make Starmer foreign secretary.
The spokesperson said Starmer would serve out the remainder of his term in the Commons and he was “going to remain” a Labour MP.
Asked whether he would take a cabinet job if offered, the spokesperson said Starmer had told his cabinet: “This is the end of my journey, but this is not the end of yours.”
Starmer has an 11,000 majority in his central London seat, though it would be a significant target for the Greens if he were to vacate it.
Speaking during prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, Starmer said he would miss the weekly sessions and continued: “I’m very proud of every one of our MPs who’ve had a landslide Labour victory, coming from all different backgrounds, from all different places across the country. We inflicted the biggest loss on the Tory party opposite in the history of their party. We picked up our party, we turned it around.”
If Burnham is unopposed as a candidate to succeed Starmer, he is expected to enter Downing Street on 17 July. Starmer will attend next month’s Nato summit in Ankara as one of his last acts as prime minister, and will deliver the defence investment plan.
Starmer met Burnham on Tuesday for the first time since the Makerfield byelection in what aides called a “frosty” meeting. The talks were held away from No 10 and are understood to have lasted around an hour.
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This is fairly normal for an ex-PM to remain as a backbencher, or in some cases, even return to the front bench (Cabinet), if asked.
So much for spending your time doing the biggest job of being the best husband and father. What a wanker. Not even your wife wants you around.
Rishi Sunak is still there as an MP.
Herr Starmer to stay on as Prime Blithering Idiot?
PM = Prime Minister
MP = Member of Parliament
should be paraded through the streets of London and major towns in a clown or monkey suit where the remaining actual English, Scots, N Irish, Welsh and other patriotic citizens could give their opinion on his national suicide agenda and what they should do with the traitor.
Oh, he’ll have a cabinet role - take the broom out of the cabinet and sweep up the room after the meeting is done.
Not to worry. Burnham will be worse.
What’s “MP”?
MP = Member of Parliament
All members of the House of Commons are entitled to use the post-nominal MP after their names.
ie: John Smith, MP
The UK’s Deep State doesn’t want to risk losing control of W⚓️’s seat in an election.
What about the house of lords?
Herr Starmer to stay on as Prime Blithering Idiot?
Upper Class Twit Of The Year?
They are referred to by their title. These days they are all Life Peers, with the rank of Baron. Their title is their last name. Formally, Baron Smith. Less formally, Lord Smith.
The last Hereditary peers were kicked out of the Lords this Spring, minus about 30 who were given Life Peerages to allow them to stay.
Both sounds like a good choice.
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