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Ryan Bridge: We should be worried about the message behind Starmer's resignation
Sir Keir Starmer's resignation has come as no surprise to those who listen to this show – or pretty much any show on this station.
But what should worry us is "why".
Sure, he was a dud. Sure, he was a bit of a goofball – he wasn't cool.
But on immigration he was, at-least, trying. Net immigration was 85% below peak. Crime there is apparently falling. The economy's stumbling, but not fallen over.
The Times newspaper nailed it with a headline: 'Panicking politicians addicted to iPhones oust a Prime Minister'.
In just ten years they've had Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, Starmer, and now…
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