Keir Starmer has resigned. Why? | BBC News

Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as Labour leader and UK Prime Minister, just less than two years after he won the general election by a landslide in July 2024.

So how did things go so wrong?

This is the story of how Starmer’s premiership unravelled, from Labour’s historic victory to the fatal miscalculations and internal revolt that forced him from power.

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0:00 – Intro
01:50 – Pressure mounts
03:27 – Burnham wins Makerfield
05:02 – Starmer quits
06:52 – Election losses
09:19 – How things started
10:46 – Policy U-turns
11:44 – Southport riots
13:08 – Freebie-gate
14:36 – High profile resignations
15:42 – Trump relationship
18:16 – Starmer’s background
20:48 – Mandelson saga