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'When rather than if': Starmer's position as PM no longer tenable

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 22 Jun 2026, 8:08am
(Photo by James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images)
(Photo by James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images)

A series of headlines in the UK press claims Keir Starmer's position as Prime Minister is no longer tenable, with Starmer expected to set out a timetable for his departure in the coming hours.

It will make him the shortest serving Labour Prime Minister in the UK's history.

King’s College London Professor Anand Menon says it seems clear that a new leader is in store.

The just-departed mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham, has returned to Parliament via a by-election, and is expected to take over Labour's leadership and hence become Prime Minister. 

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