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Sir Keir Starmer puts an end to leadership speculation
The crowds of reporters outside No.10 Downing Street this morning could only mean one thing. Sir Keir Starmer has resigned as Prime Minister - the sixth to bow out in ten years. His most likely successor? The so-called King from the North, Andy Burnham. Sir Keir’s biographer Tom Baldwin says the revolving door is a sign of a political system in crisis.Negotiations between the US and Iran are already breaking down with walkouts, military threats and regional tensions flaring – just as a fragile deal appeared within reach. But with the Gulf States potentially having to foot the bill for Donald…
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