Getting the Brits Ready to Fight

Podcast: Brussels Sprouts · Center for a New American Security | CNAS

Opublikowano: 2026-06-22

On June 22, United Kingdom (UK) prime minister Keir Starmer announced that he would resign as leader of the Labour Party and leave the premiership. Starmer had faced mounting pressure to hand the position over to a new leader after local elections in May that were disastrous for the party, but the decision came after Labour’s Andy Burnham, popular mayor of Greater Manchester, won a special election for a seat in parliament and signaled on June 19 that he would use it to challenge Starmer for leadership of the country. All of this comes after both the UK’s defence minis...