Starmer Warns Burnham Global Crises Will Dominate No 10 as He Quits After 2 Years
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 3
Starmer Warns Burnham Global Crises Will Dominate No 10 as He Quits After 2 Years
1 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 3
Summary
Andy Burnham would face the same foreign-policy burden as Starmer, the outgoing prime minister said, rejecting hopes that his likely successor could focus far more heavily on cost-of-living and public-service pressures at home.
Starmer argued domestic and international affairs are "one and the same thing," saying a more dangerous and volatile world means no prime minister can spend materially less time on diplomacy.
Three days after Burnham's Makerfield by-election win, Starmer resigned after what he called an intensely personal family decision at Chequers with his wife and teenage children, concluding his political career was over.
Starmer said he would stay on as an MP until at least the next election but keep quiet under his successor, while insisting his legacy includes saving a Labour Party he said had been politically, financially and morally bankrupt.