Passing the hook at 10 Downing Street
Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Britain’s 99th prime minister, is the sixth in the last ten years to announce his resignation. Five Conservative prime ministers had done so before him. Since the World Cup is currently underway, what would you think if one of the national teams changed six coaches in ten years? Nothing good. It is no coincidence that the latest act of the island’s ten-year political drama coincided with the ten-year anniversary of the decision of the mini-majority of the islanders, who fell for the false Brexiteers, to leave the EU, and that Britain became the first country to indirectly decide on economic and other sanctions against itself.
24/06/2026, 00:00
Brane Kastelic
The reasons for the resignations of Starmer’s five predecessors were as clear as day. In the Brexit referendum, which he called in order to have peace before the eternal quarrels of the Conservatives about European politics, Cameron defended the preservation of the British membership in the EU. Unlike some other countries, political losers in Britain do not stay or become prime ministers. May had to resign because she did not and could not deliver Brexit. Boris Johnson, who was Prime Minister for three years and 45 days and delivered Brexit, had to resign for lying, not about Brexit, but about everything else. Liz Truss, who had been Prime Minister for only fifty days, had to resign after causing chaos and wasting more than £70 billion in a matter of weeks with radical right-wing economic policies. Sunak, who had been prime minister for one year and 255 days, had to resign after the Conservatives were badly defeated in the July 2024 general election, in which Starmer led Labor to its first major victory after fourteen years in opposition.
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