British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has resigned, ending months of speculation about his future.
His Labour party had a landslide election victory in 2024.
He’d been under growing pressure to step aside since his main leadership rival Andy Burnham secured a seat in parliament.
Britain is now on the verge of getting its seventh prime minister in a decade.
Our UK political correspondent Rob Watson tells us why things went wrong for Keir Starmer so quickly.
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00:00 Introduction
00:25 Keir Starmer resigns
01:24 Reaction of some people in the UK
02:22 Why is the prime minister so unpopular?
03:07 Why does Andy Burnham’s election as an MP matter?
04:30 Why does Andy Burnham have so much support?
05:29 What would Andy Burnham do differently?
06:52 Why does Britain struggle to keep its prime ministers?
08:20 What does this say about the mood of the nation?Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews
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