00:02British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation Monday after less than two years in office in a term characterised
00:10by policy U-turns and deep public unpopularity.
00:14Starmer said the process of picking a new leader for the centre-left party would be launched in July and
00:20he would stay on as Prime Minister until his successor is chosen.
00:24Until the weekend, Starmer had insisted he was going to fight on and remain as Prime Minister as he fought
00:32off challenges and caused to step down.
00:35He has clung to that position for months after multiple scandals and high-profile resignations that piled the pressure on
00:42him and his Labour Party.
00:44The country is now set to get its seventh Prime Minister in a decade.
00:49Starmer's widely anticipated announcement comes a day before the 10-year anniversary of the Brexit referendum which triggered the UK's
00:58exit from the European Union.
01:01Starmer's widely assessed him while the 1st March took on.
01:02Starmer's widely assessed him and the Preston said before.
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