UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says his decision to step down as Labour Party leader and as prime minister is “intensely personal,” and he describes it as a choice he made while spending time with his family. In his first interview since announcing his Downing Street statement that triggers a Labour leadership contest, Starmer tells the BBC that he decided to resign after a weekend away with his wife, Vic, and their children. Starmer says he weighed what was best for himself, for the country and for the government before reaching the decision. He also says he will remain an MP for central London for the rest of his current term, indicating he will not immediately leave Parliament. While he steps away from the top roles, Starmer says he plans to “keep his mouth shut” while a successor is expected to take over. Across the reports, the common details are his characterization of the resignation as deeply personal and the role of the family weekend in when and how he made the decision.
Keir Starmer says resignation decision was “intensely personal” after family weekend
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says his decision to step down as Labour Party leader and as prime minister is “intensely personal,” and he describes it as a choice he made while spending time with his...
- Keir Starmer says his resignation decision is “intensely personal.”
- He says he made the decision after a family weekend away with his wife and children.
- Starmer speaks in his first interview since his Downing Street statement set up a Labour leadership contest.
- He says he will complete his current term as an MP for central London.
- He says he plans to stay out of the way on the backbenches for his successor, widely expected to be Andy Burnham.
"I grappled with what was the best thing to do for me, for the country, for the government," said Starmer.
1 month ago‘In the end, it became an intensely personal decision. And that's why it was a decision taken ultimately when [my wife] Vic and I were away with the kids,’ said Keir Starmer
1 month agoKeir Starmer has spoken of his decision to resign as Labour Party leader and British Prime Minister as an "intensely personal" one, which he took with his wife and children at a family weekend away. In his first interview since his Downing Street statement that fired the starting gun for a leadership election, Starmer told the BBC on Friday evening that he would complete his current term as a central London member of Parliament. But, while on the backbenches of Parliament, the 63-year-old politician plans on "keeping his mouth shut" to allow his successor widely expected to be former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to get on with the job. "I grappled with what was the best thing to do for me, for the country, for the government," said Starmer. "In the end it became an intensely personal decision. And that's why it was a decision taken ultimately when (my wife) Vic and I were away with the kids," he said. The weekend before June 22, when he announced his resignation on the
1 month agoKeir Starmer says family weekend led to intensely personal resignation
1 month agoKeir Starmer says he took the decision to quit as PM after spending the weekend with his family.
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