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U.K. PM KEIR STARMER ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION AS LEADER OF LABOUR PARTY

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“STARMER'S RESIGNATION COMES HOURS BEFORE LIKELY CHALLENGER ANDY BURNHAM IS SWORN IN AS AN MP”

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Starmer served as PM for less than 1 year before resigning!

Starmer became PM on July 5, 2024, after Labour's landslide win — its biggest since 1997. His resignation makes him one of the shortest-serving Labour PMs in British history.

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This storyBefore entering Parliament, Keir Starmer held what senior legal post?

  1. Director of Public Prosecutions
  2. Lord Chief Justice
  3. Solicitor General
  4. Attorney General
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Director of Public Prosecutions

Andy Burnham ran for Labour leader TWICE before becoming Manchester's mayor!

Burnham lost the 2010 and 2015 Labour leadership races before winning the Greater Manchester mayoralty in 2017. Now he returns to Westminster as an MP. Read more at Wikipedia

This storyGiorgia Meloni, subject of Trump's remarks, holds what historic distinction?

  1. Italy's first female PM
  2. Italy's youngest PM ever
  3. Italy's longest-serving PM
  4. First PM born after WWII
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Italy's first female PM

Starmer was knighted BEFORE he ever became an MP!

Starmer served as Director of Public Prosecutions from 2008–2013, earning a knighthood in 2014. He only entered Parliament in 2015 — meaning he arrived in the Commons already as 'Sir Keir.'

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