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Michael Murphy: Keir Starmer offered Britain nothing

The outgoing PM leaves office as an unremarkable man who pursued power, but had few ideas about what to do with it

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LONDON — As Keir Starmer announced his resignation as Britain’s prime minister from the steps of 10 Downing St., his remarks were overshadowed by “Ode to Joy,” the official European Union anthem, blasted from nearby loudspeakers by a Remainer activist. Britain is now on course for its seventh prime minister since it voted to leave the European Union 10 years ago: “Another One Bites the Dust” might have been more fitting mood music.

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In the end, Starmer was in control of neither the music, nor the timing of his resignation (being all but forced out of office by a Labour party that had long soured on his premiership), nor the announcement itself: U.S. President Donald Trump disclosed Starmer’s resignation the day before he did, summing up the lopsided relationship between the two executives.

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