Britain Changes Prime Ministers. The Failed Agenda Stays the Same.

Red State ^ | 07/20/2026 | Jennifer Van Laar

[SeekAndFind]

Britain's seventh prime minister in ten years took office Monday, promising even more of the same failed policies in his first address to the public.

Keir Starmer, who served as Prime Minister for just over two years, officially resigned Monday morning; back in June, he announced that he would resign as soon as his party chose a successor. That happened on July 16, when Andy Burnham was elected Leader of the Labour Party.

BREAKING: Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street for the final time as Britain's prime minister after officially resigning.

Following a farewell ceremony outside No. 10, Starmer leaves office as former Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is formally appointed as the new prime minister… pic.twitter.com/zy6N6GkOYs— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 20, 2026

Burnham has served in numerous government positions over the years. First elected to Parliament in 2001, between 2007 and 2010 he served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and Secretary of State for Health. He was elected Mayor of Greater Manchester in 2017, then re-elected in 2021 and 2024, before returning to Parliament in June 2026.

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He spoke for about five minutes as he arrived at No. 10 Downing Street, pointedly criticizing the late Margaret Thatcher's policies and spouting socialist talking points.

The difference in style is astonishing.

Keir Starmer was a wooden Mr Lectern.

Andy Burnham breezed through his first speech as Prime Minister with no lectern and without notes. pic.twitter.com/FqLfsWJNTz— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) July 20, 2026

He said:

Britain needs to show the world that we can regain our stability once again, and that is our challenge, to make politics work, to make it work better.

I know people at home are fed up with politics. I hear you. And I want to be honest with you. We have not been good enough, and we need to be better.

We will be.

We will make this moment a circuit breaker for Britain, bringing forward the biggest changes in the last forty years.

A new political model and a new economic model.

In the 1980s, Britain took some wrong turns. Political power was centralised, economic power privatised, large parts of the country de-industrialised, and they still haven’t recovered.

Many feel as though they’re still in decline, and they don’t have the ability to turn things around.

And that’s why we will change politics, to make it more collaborative, more about problem solving than point scoring.

We will take power out of here and carry it into every postcode in the land so that they can do more.

His promise to bring forward the biggest changes in the last 40 years with a new political model and a new economic model is laughable, since what he's saying he'll actually do is lean harder into failed policies. But he'll do it collaboratively and without "point scoring," so that's okay, or something.

Burnham promised a 10-year plan later in the year, but said he could do some things to "give people some breathing space now, some help with the cost of living," and referenced more mental health support in education and building more council homes.

Sounding like California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Burnham said:

I will soon go through that door behind me and issue my first instruction: to end rough sleeping in our country.

As if by mere instruction homelessness can be ended.

The similarity to Newsom doesn't stop there. In Burnham's time as Manchester mayor, homelessness doubled.

🚨 WATCH: Andy Burnham spoke at dawn earlier today on his pledge to end homelessness in Britain

"We ran a scheme every night. 600 beds. But we were the only place doing it. It taught me the only way is to do this together" pic.twitter.com/hDO4iDvJIa— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) July 20, 2026

When confronted with this data, and asked how he could end homelessness nationwide if he couldn't end it in Manchester, he had excuses.

"Well, the problem was down significantly from when I came in as mayor in Greater Manchester. Some of the issues you mentioned were outside of our control....

"We can do it now, get the basics right, put the care for people at the heart of everything that we do, and just get this country working as it should."

Good luck, Britain.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: andyburnham; keirstarmer; koranimals; labour; primeminister; unitedkingdom

[dfwgator]

In before The Who lyrics.

[blackdog]

As a nation, Great Britain is through. It will decend into the equivalent of a third world shite hole. It’s past the tipping point.

[xp38]

Starmer looked like an idiot to me. This guy perhaps slightly less so. Maybe he can spin the leftist dream better. I assume that is why they switched PMs. The policies will not change.

[rktman]

No where to go but down.

[Secret Agent Man]

They are nothing like us governmentally. No regular folks voted for any of these PMs in a typical election.

[lee martell]

Does the Labor Party have a monopoly on political power in England? A lock? It must be something like what I live with in the state of California, which is essentially, a One Party State, a state that will openly lie, cheat and steal it’s way to continued agenda dominance, at least for the foreseeable future.

If that is what England is now dealing with, the problems would be a deeply rooted one, and intertwined with a servile media. I was so certain Boris would be the one to bring it all down, but I was wrong. He had his own price tickets ensuring full compliance.

[Dr. Franklin]

It’s all in the marketing.

Burnham is the “New and Improved!” dish detergent, which is really the same as the old one. Just the label is different.

[ScaniaBoy]

Does the Labor Party have a monopoly on political power in England?

Due to the first-past-the-post election system in the UK (as in the US) Labour gained a huge majority in the Parliament, despite a only winning some 30ish percent of the vote.

This majority will last until the next election, which will have to be held no later than mid-August 2029.

As for Andy B, here is a review of his speech, and a look at what his government will mean for Britain:

Politics: give rancour a chance

The new energy secretary is probably the worst one could find among the sitting MP's: "a first generation Liberian immigrant Miatta Fahnbulleh, a net-zero zealot who, according to David Turver, is perhaps the only person who could possibly be worse than Miliband as Energy Secretary".

[Sirius Lee]

Doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result; There’s a term for this.

[libertylover]

promising even more of the same failed policies

Probably worse than "the same".

[libertylover]

Does the Labor Party have a monopoly on political power in England? A lock?

I don't think so. I believe the Conservative Party was in power for quite a while. The trouble is that they became very left wing and Labour was able to win with 35% (?) of the vote.

[1Old Pro]

The new PM will last about as long as Mandami will as NYC mayor.

[MinorityRepublican]

I believe the Conservative Party was in power for quite a while. The trouble is that they became very left wing and Labour was able to win with 35% (?) of the vote.

Aka the "Uniparty".