Harrogate MP's 'scorn' over the latest massive upheaval at the top of British politics
Harrogate’s MP has revealed what he thinks of the prospect of Britain getting its seventh prime minister in ten years.
Tom Gordon, MP Harrogate and Knaresborough, responded to the news that the Prime Minister had stepped down by saying “this is just the latest in a string of disappointing leaders.”
Sir Keir Starmer announced he would resign amid mounting pressure from his own MPs, paving the way for a seventh British prime minister in a decade of turmoil which began with the result of the Brexit Referendum in 2016.
His potential successor as leader of the Labour government Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester, was sworn in as an MP at Westminster on the same day.
Tom Gordon MP was full of scorn for the latest upheaval at the top of British politics.
“People were hopeful that Starmer might offer some stability following the Tory’s have-a-go attitude to the most important job in the country,” said the Lib Dem MP.
"Instead, we’ve been left with more churn.
"He was just the latest in a string of disappointing leaders.
"This time must be different.
"It can’t just be about changing who’s in Number 10, it must be about changing our broken politics so we can fix our country.”
Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement came just two years after he led Labour into power with a landslide majority.
Recent crushing losses in local council elections proved the final straw for many Labour MPs, combined with Burnham’s victory in the Makerfield by-election.