https://freerepublic.com/tag/sausagestriumphant/ en-us Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:44:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384867/posts 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... BBC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384867/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:44:33 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4384868/posts London — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Monday that he was resigning from his position as the leader of the ruling Labour Party, which will also see him replaced as the country's leader. CBS NEws https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4384868/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:44:37 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384879/posts Starmer’s political career has been almost Shakespearean in its trajectory: a mere 11 years to enter parliament, lead Labour to an election win e and then, inside the final two years, throw it all away. No modern prime minister has looked so well-suited to the job on paper and been so fundamentally inept in practice. “Starmer didn’t know what he was doing in three ways,” “Firstly, he never worked out what the job was – what does the prime minister do? Secondly, he never knew what he wanted to do, above all not on economic policy. And thirdly, he didn’t... The Guardian https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4384879/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:28:27 GMT