New Delhi: Keir Starmer has announced that he will step down as prime minister amid a collapse in his popularity less than two years after he swept the Labour Party back to power with a promise to rebuild Britain. While addressing the media, Starmer said that after leaving the “biggest job in the country” he will spend more time on “the most important job”. “Being the best husband I can, to my fantastic wife Vic, who has been a rock by my side through good times and bad,” he says, fighting back the emotion of the moment.
“And being the best dad that I can to my beautiful children, who are my pride and joy,” he concludes.
Keir Starmer further added that he will do everything he can to ensure an orderly handover of power, and will give his successor his full support. Starmer also thanked his friends and colleagues who have been by his side for six years, as well as the No 10 staff and the “extraordinary civil service”.
Here are the key points from his resignation speech:
- Starmer described becoming prime minister was the “proudest moment” of his life
- Starmer said he inherited a Labour Party that was “politically, financially and morally bankrupt”
- His party is asking whether he is best placed to lead it into the next election, said Starmer
- He further added that he had “heard the answer” and “accepts that answer with good grace”
- The PM added that will do everything he can to ensure an orderly handover of power, and will give his successor his full support
- Getting emotional toward the end of his speech, Starmer said he would now be the best husband and dad to his “fantastic wife” and “beautiful children” – before embracing his wife and returning to No 10
Public ‘sick’ of prime minister ‘merry-go-round’ says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey on Monday said that the public is “sick” of constantly changing prime ministers, following the resignation announcement from Keir Starmer. “The British people are sick of being let down by an endless merry-go-round of prime ministers while nothing really changes,” Davey writes on X.
“This time must be different. It can’t just be about changing who’s in Number 10, it has to be about changing our broken politics so we can fix our country.”
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