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Starmer announces resignation as prime minister and leader of the Labour party (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 5 days ago by erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

After burning down the UK, he gets to enjoy his golden parachute how lovely!

[–] TWeaK@lemmy.today 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"Burning down the UK" like introducing a massive renter's rights bill?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He's a politician so on Lemmy we burn them all apparently?

[–] TWeaK@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I mean I'm on board with that - figuratively, not literally. Sack them all, let us vote directly on anything MP's vote on.

But if we're not doing that Kier staying where he was would be much better than this.

I genuinely don't understand why he's left. Nothing has happened. The only people pushing for this are the media, and it makes me wonder if someone in that group has made a serious threat against him and/or his family.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Or someone is using the group as a threat. We're getting conspiratorial, but it's not unheard of

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

To be fair, Conservatives started the fire more than a decade earlier. Starmer just failed to meet expectations, sometimes in egregious ways.