After being named leader of the Labour party, Andy Burnham has officially become prime minister of the UK. That many people considered this day an inevitability doesn’t make it any less momentous.
Six years ago, Starmer inherited a Labour party that had failed to win four general elections and was battling a tarnished reputation. In the month he took over as leader, Labour were polling at 29%, 22 points behind Boris Johnson’s Conservative party. Starmer was described as “ruthless”, which he occasionally admitted himself, in turning the party around. He expelled those associated with anti-semitism or who disavowed Labour and spent four years preparing to fight a winning electoral campaign.
