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Why the U.K. Can’t Keep a Prime Minister | WSJ

The U.K. is on the cusp of having its sixth leader in just seven years after Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation on Monday. It comes after Starmer – a former human rights lawyer who

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Larry, the cat, keeps on rehoming his humans.
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I'm at the end of the video, and still waiting for the answer to the 'why'...
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@divdep16 From YouTube ↗ 30 Jun 2026 6
This doesn't answer the question why we can't keep a prime minister lol
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How about a prime minister who actually loves the UK?
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Since Brexit, the UK has had six prime ministers. Does anyone else find that level of political turnover interesting?
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The millions they brought in must go.
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how many prime ministers in how many years??
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What went wrong with him? Surely your joking.
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@venox3811 From YouTube ↗ 23 Jun 2026 157
“Biggest problem was his communication style” not actually his failure as a leader? Lol
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@WenaFamor From YouTube ↗ 23 Jun 2026 70
Wow the cat even last longer .
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Is this clickbait? The question in the title wasn't answered, disappointed
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@commenpro From YouTube ↗ 23 Jun 2026 55
Oh how I hate it when a video title asks a question that is then NOT ANSWERED in the video…
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7 prime ministers since the Brexit referendum was called? I'm sure that's a coincidence...
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So, the question in the title still wasn't answered
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This doesn't really explain why British prime ministers keep leaving..
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@RoyalPanda117 From YouTube ↗ 23 Jun 2026 1000
6 prime ministers in 7 years and they are still trying to tell other countries how they should govern their own people?
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@Raiders8491 From YouTube ↗ 23 Jun 2026 146
Change the title to “Why Keir Starmer was pushed out as PM”. This video was more about his specific situation than an institutional look at the UK and the PM role.
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@km1990-J From YouTube ↗ 23 Jun 2026 489
Just install a revolving door at #10
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@Syrilian From YouTube ↗ 23 Jun 2026 1300
The video didn't answer the question in the title
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@Mr4one6 From YouTube ↗ 23 Jun 2026 1000
All these new residents has to be bad for the cat.