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Sir Keir Starmer says he is stepping down after concluding he is not best placed to lead Labour into the next general election. In Newcastle, people are reflecting on whether the decision was expected and how his time in office may ultimately be remembered.

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00:00I don't think he's ever gone far enough and I think it's a shame that he's been a bit
00:10timid and it's made people go towards reform which I absolutely deplore.
00:17I'm not surprised because I just think
00:21not just him but obviously a lot of politicians they always say what they want to do
00:25then people vote for them and when they're in power they don't always do it so I think
00:30the issue is is when they always release the manifesto I think every MP who could become
00:35prime minister should be held more accountable to what they want to achieve and whether or not
00:39they actually hit those targets or not. I think it's quite worrying for the future of politics
00:46that there's been a change in Labour government I think it could push people towards reform which
00:52is very worrying from a younger person's perspective. I wasn't particularly surprised by it
01:00but I think it was maybe unnecessary. The writing was on the wall I didn't expect it to happen so
01:06quickly though it came like a bullet but it's obvious they gave him an ultimatum
01:12either you go you set the time frame or we're going to impose one on you so he probably thought
01:19it'd be more admirable they look better on him rather than being kicked out turfed out that he just
01:27turns up one day and says right I've had enough.
01:29I'll see you in the next video.
01:29I'll see you in the next video.
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