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  "path": "/opinion/keir-starmer-andy-burnham-prime-minister-nana-akua",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-04T15:43:18.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nSir Keir Starmer had to go. He was weak. The one time he finally said something that resonated, he retracted it.\n\nRemember his “Island of Strangers” speech? He said: “Nations depend on rules… Without them, we risk becoming an island of strangers, not a nation that walks forward together.”\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nDays later, he claimed to have not seen the speech he was reading and regretted the words.\n\nHe promised change, but the only thing he changed was his mind. Remember the winter fuel allowance U-turn? digital IDs? I could go on.\n\nHe was an embarrassment on the world stage. The one thing he was hailed by others as being good at.\n\nNow Sir Keir is giving Andy Burnham advice on how to handle it. In his first interview since announcing his resignation, he told his successor he would “have to” care about international affairs.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nCrikey. The day you take advice from him on that, you really are in trouble.\n\nSo he resigned, leaving a parting gift of an almost £5 billion black hole in defence, and has left the country in a worse state than he found it in just two years.\n\nI mean, that's woefully inadequate as a Prime Minister. But will Burnham be worse?\n\nHe couldn't take any questions when he was facing the press in his first big speech, choosing to cowardly answer questions on Reddit.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe question is, could things be even worse under Andy Burnham? Will you miss Sir Keir Starmer?\n\n_**WATCH ABOVE**_\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "‘Keir Starmer was woefully inadequate as a Prime Minister, but will we miss him under Andy Burnham?’ - Nana Akua"
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