Why is the UK Prime Minister resigning? | | Government

From a dramatic victory in 2024 to a dramatic fall this week.

Keir Starmer quits. He is the sixth British Prime Minister to resign in the past decade.

His resignation came a day before the anniversary of the vote to leave the European Union.

Many say that Brexit has been one of the causes of the leadership crisis.

Others point to increasing public dissatisfaction with successive governments.

Starmer’s departure will spark a race to replace him as Labor Party leader and PM.

But can his successor succeed where so many other ministers have failed?

Presenter: Imran Khan

Strangers

• Jennifer Nadel, co-founder of the think tank Compassion in Politics
• Tim Bale, Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London
• Zaid M Belbagi, Managing Partner at Hardcastle Advisory