Replacing Starmer with Burnham is not enough to save Labour

Replacing Starmer with Burnham is not enough to save Labour Submitted by Tom Blackburn on Mon, 06/22/2026 - 20:32 The removal of an unpopular leader leaves many questions unanswered, including how to reunite a deeply divided party A tractor displaying a protest sign denouncing the governing Labour Party is driven through the streets near Parliament Square in central London on 3 March 2026 (Brook Mitchell/AFP) Off There will be few tears shed at the news of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s resignation, except perhaps his own . By the end of his tenure, Starmer could command neither authority nor affection, whether within the Labour Party or across the country at large. Last month’s local, Senedd and Holyrood election results confronted Labour MPs with the reality that many of them were facing wipeout; as soon as a credible alternative candidate emerged, they were always going to move against Starmer, who had long since become an electoral liability.