I think this is just going to keep happening as long as the British electorate continue to simultaneously demand massive welfare hikes, more funding for public services and lower taxes all at once. It's just not a rich enough country to afford it all, and it only seems to be stagnating more.
Keir Starmer announces his resignation as prime minister
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Re: Keir Starmer announces his resignation as prime minister
#12So to summarise he mentions his family, antisemitism and that's it...
Re: Keir Starmer announces his resignation as prime minister
#13I seriously don't understand how changing the leader can fix deep rooted structural problems. No new party, no new leader can or will fix things overnight.
I don't know why people in the UK are so simple-minded.
One thing I hope Burnham does immediately is make building things and development much easier like in Manchester.
Re: Keir Starmer announces his resignation as prime minister
#14Keir along with Theresa May and John Major were true bureaucrats but they all had no real charisma. Sadly charisma is valued more by voters than other qualities of the political leader of a country.
Major was actually great in front of a crowd (or in a crowd, standing on his soap box!), and thrived when faced with hecklers. Starmer, by contrast, is good in small groups and one-on-one - he really shone in podcasts and "chatty" interviews. Both are pretty charismatic in their preferred settings. Neither is a "complete package", but that's common in British politics, and you can certainly see why they won their par…
Re: Keir Starmer announces his resignation as prime minister
#15Keir along with Theresa May and John Major were true bureaucrats but they all had no real charisma. Sadly charisma is valued more by voters than other qualities of the political leader of a country.
When she was Home Secretary before being Prime Minister, it was her who blocked the extradition of Gary McKinnon
America wanted to extradite him and lock him up for decades (some even talked about “frying” him)
She’ll always have my respect for putting her foot down and saying no