Politics
As Starmer quits, collapse of U.K.’s mainstay parties mirrors global trend
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LONDON — Announcing his resignation on Monday, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer appeared in a uniquely British tableau: the small lectern, the glossy black door, the brass “No. 10” gleaming over his shoulder. Starmer was the sixth occupant of Downing Street to quit under pressure in the last decade. Democracy Dies in Darkness As Starmer quits, collapse of U.K.’s mainstay parties mirrors global trend Across the West’s advanced democracies, conventional political parties are being gutted by...
LONDON — Announcing his resignation on Monday, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer appeared in a uniquely British tableau: the small lectern, the glossy black door, the brass “No. 10” gleaming over his shoulder. Starmer was the sixth occupant of Downing Street to quit under pressure in the last decade.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
As Starmer quits, collapse of U.K.’s mainstay parties mirrors global trend
Across the West’s advanced democracies, conventional political parties are being gutted by stagnant wages and fraying social contracts that have left voters fed up with the status quo.