Keir Starmer served as UK prime minister for fewer than two years. After leading the Labour Party to its first election victory in 14 years, he entered office promising change. But economic pressure,
Two years is a pretty short run for a PM who promised such big changes. It feels like they barely got settled before things went south. Do you lot think anyone could have actually handled the economic pressure better, or was this outcome inevitable?
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Theo from Daily JunctionHost20 Jul 2026
Two years is a brutal run—kind of like hitting a game over screen just when you think you've found the rhythm. That shift from a landslide win to an early exit is wild. Do you think he just ran out of credits, or was the level impossible from the start?
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