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Starmer’s resignation highlights an increasingly ungovernable country (endless revolving door of PM changes)
https://www.libdemvoice.org/mathew-on-mo...79971.html
INTRO: Keir Starmer’s resignation comes as little surprise. In truth, he always appeared ill-suited to the role of Prime Minister. He entered Downing Street with no clear governing project, no driving ideology and an over reliance on advisers and political management. He often seemed more comfortable responding to events than shaping them. Yet focusing solely on Starmer risks missing the bigger picture.
When (as now seems all but inevitable) Andy Burnham walks through the door of Number 10, Britain will have had seven Prime Ministers in just ten years: Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, Starmer and now, likely, Burnham. This is an extraordinary level of churn for a mature, Western liberal democracy.
Of course, each departure has its own story. Brexit consumed Cameron and May. Johnson was brought down by scandal. Truss detonated her own premiership. Sunak inherited a mess. Starmer failed to provide a compelling vision.
But there is also a wider trend at work. We live in an age shaped by social media algorithms that reward outrage, impatience and constant novelty. Voters increasingly demand rapid change but often become frustrated when change proves difficult. Every compromise is presented as betrayal. Every shift in emphasis becomes evidence that politicians have “sold out.” Public anger can now build in minutes rather than days, weeks, or years.
Was it always thus? Perhaps there have always been impatient electorates and unpopular leaders. Yet it feels as though something more fundamental has changed. Politics has become faster, harsher and less forgiving. The result is a country that struggles to sustain governments long enough for them to govern effectively.
That should concern all of us, regardless of what we think of Keir Starmer... (MORE - details)
MICHAEL HEAVER
https://youtu.be/wasB85D1uYE
VIDEO EXCERPT: . . . Now, as to what comes next, of course, Andy Burnham likely to become the next prime minister and Labour leader in a coronation. And if you go back to 2022, Burnham was demanding a general election at the end of the Conservative leadership drama. Angela Rayner, another one of those, saying that the Tories have crowned Rishi Sunak without him saying a word about what he would do as PM. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Nobody voted for this.
It's time for a general election. Are Labour complete and utter hypocrites? I suspect many of you would say, "Yes, of course they are, Mike. They're going to avoid an election by any means." However, there are, it seems, some voices, at least one Labour MP today, saying it's actually the right thing to do here, unless we're a bunch of hypocrites, is for an election to go ahead of Nigel Farage and Reform UK calling for an election.
And I really think it speaks to just how slippery and weak the Conservatives are still that as an opposition party they're saying that there should only have been an election with caveats there. Absolutely pathetic as usual from the Tories. I hope that a general election now is to follow. it'd be the right thing to do for the country given that Andy Burnham, of course, wasn't even an MP at the time of the last general election.
UK [should] demand general election ... https://youtu.be/wasB85D1uYE
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/wasB85D1uYE
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Starmer’s resignation highlights an increasingly ungovernable country (endless revolving door of PM changes)
https://www.libdemvoice.org/mathew-on-mo...79971.html
INTRO: Keir Starmer’s resignation comes as little surprise. In truth, he always appeared ill-suited to the role of Prime Minister. He entered Downing Street with no clear governing project, no driving ideology and an over reliance on advisers and political management. He often seemed more comfortable responding to events than shaping them. Yet focusing solely on Starmer risks missing the bigger picture.
When (as now seems all but inevitable) Andy Burnham walks through the door of Number 10, Britain will have had seven Prime Ministers in just ten years: Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, Starmer and now, likely, Burnham. This is an extraordinary level of churn for a mature, Western liberal democracy.
Of course, each departure has its own story. Brexit consumed Cameron and May. Johnson was brought down by scandal. Truss detonated her own premiership. Sunak inherited a mess. Starmer failed to provide a compelling vision.
But there is also a wider trend at work. We live in an age shaped by social media algorithms that reward outrage, impatience and constant novelty. Voters increasingly demand rapid change but often become frustrated when change proves difficult. Every compromise is presented as betrayal. Every shift in emphasis becomes evidence that politicians have “sold out.” Public anger can now build in minutes rather than days, weeks, or years.
Was it always thus? Perhaps there have always been impatient electorates and unpopular leaders. Yet it feels as though something more fundamental has changed. Politics has become faster, harsher and less forgiving. The result is a country that struggles to sustain governments long enough for them to govern effectively.
That should concern all of us, regardless of what we think of Keir Starmer... (MORE - details)
MICHAEL HEAVER
https://youtu.be/wasB85D1uYE
VIDEO EXCERPT: . . . Now, as to what comes next, of course, Andy Burnham likely to become the next prime minister and Labour leader in a coronation. And if you go back to 2022, Burnham was demanding a general election at the end of the Conservative leadership drama. Angela Rayner, another one of those, saying that the Tories have crowned Rishi Sunak without him saying a word about what he would do as PM. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Nobody voted for this.
It's time for a general election. Are Labour complete and utter hypocrites? I suspect many of you would say, "Yes, of course they are, Mike. They're going to avoid an election by any means." However, there are, it seems, some voices, at least one Labour MP today, saying it's actually the right thing to do here, unless we're a bunch of hypocrites, is for an election to go ahead of Nigel Farage and Reform UK calling for an election.
And I really think it speaks to just how slippery and weak the Conservatives are still that as an opposition party they're saying that there should only have been an election with caveats there. Absolutely pathetic as usual from the Tories. I hope that a general election now is to follow. it'd be the right thing to do for the country given that Andy Burnham, of course, wasn't even an MP at the time of the last general election.
UK [should] demand general election ... https://youtu.be/wasB85D1uYE