Watch | With Starmer's Exit, Burnham Set to Become UK’s PM

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Description: What do the next few weeks hold for Starmer? What sort of prime minister has he been? And what can we expect from Andy Burnham?

What do the next few weeks hold for Starmer? What sort of prime minister has he been? And what can we expect from Andy Burnham?

Karan Thapar

What do the next few weeks hold for Starmer? What sort of prime minister has he been? And what can we expect from Andy Burnham?

This interview was held ahead of Keir Starmer's resignation. Starmer resigned as the UK PM and leader of the Labour Party on the morning of June 22, 2026.

In a 27-minute engaging discussion, ahead of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's resignation, Karan Thapar for The Wire is joined by Ashis Ray, former Editor At Large at CNN, to discuss what led to Starmer's downfall, and Burnham's rise as the next UK PM.

Andy Burnham’s emphatic victory in a bye-election in Makerfield probably sealed Keir Starmer’s fate as prime minister of Great Britain. Initially, Starmer refused to go. In fact, he repeatedly said he would fight to keep the job. At the time of this interview, there was enough speculation that he would resign, which he ultimately did.

So, what do the next few weeks hold for him? What sort of prime minister has he been? And what can we expect from Andy Burnham?

Watch the interview:

This article went live on June twenty-third, two thousand twenty six, at fifty-two minutes past two in the afternoon.

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