Starmer resignation highlights Britain’s chaos after Brexit

10 years to the day after the Brexit vote, Britain was looking to Andy Burnham as its likely next leader after Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation.

LONDON — Another emotional speech delivered. The prime minister’s lectern wheeled out at Downing St.

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Now, 10 years to the day after the Brexit vote, and with six prime ministers felled by economic and political turbulence, the country once again looks toward to a new leader — and back to the crucible that helped set it on this torrid journey.

Britain has become a member of an unenviable club.