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Starmer announces resignation as prime minister and leader of the Labour party
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2026
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Fookin hell mate, I leave for a few days and all hell gets loose?
Let's hope the next PM is less of an undercooked potato than Starmer was.
When was the last time there was a good one? In my lifetime there's been Thatcher, Major, Blair, Brown, Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak and Starmer. Name one good one amongst that rogues gallery. I will not hold my breath.
Who said anything about a good one?
I just want someone who's less unflavoured cold porridge and a bit more present.
BoJo the clown might've been a terrible PM but at least he had some presence. Sure it was mostly because the majority media was backing him, but at least you heard about what he was doing.
Meanwhile, Starmer actually got shit going in some aspects: and the media was playing crickets noises throughout. Because our Prime Milquetoast was afraid of actually hammering home the achievements, while letting the media get away with their usual bullshittery crap.
Pretty much all I want is a PM who gets shit done and makes sure people know about the positive changes coming.
I disagree about Starmer getting things done, but you're right about Boris.
If someone told you they were a massive fan of Boris, you might think they are wrong, but you wouldn't be surprised.
If someone told you they are a massive fan of Starmer you'd think they are a bit weird.
Eh, Starmer did get some stuff done.
The Renter's Rights bill as well as the leasehold system reform in itself is a major achievement.
Workers rights also saw some improvements (SSP from day one, no zero-hour contracts, no fire-and-rehire). Not as much as I'd like to see but it's much more than what the Tories achieved in 14 years...
Then there's the whole plan of bringing railways back into public ownership, and plans to do so for utility services too. Sure, this won't have a visible effect for a few more years but once properly in effect, and Starmer could've gone for a handful of low hanging fruit - things that need immediate change that do have immediate visibility.
Not to mention that the economy IS improving, wages are getting better, inflation is down, so overall the UK is doing better than it was doing two years ago. The main issue is, that there is no media visibility of this at all. You too are saying there's not much Starmer has gotten done yet even a cursory overview of what actually happened in the past two years shows that there is, actually, a lot going on. And then I haven't even touched down on the improving NHS wait times, crime dropping considerably (homicides alone are the lowest since 1970), or how illegal immigration dropped nearly half in just the past year.
But don't get me wrong, I'm not praising him - he could have and should have done more. No argument there. But let's not minimise what he's actually gotten done when compared to any PM of the past 16 years, he's light-years ahead of any other for actually improving Britain for the average citizen.