Britain Just Got Its Seventh Prime Minister in a Decade. Nobody Yet Knows What It Means for Crypto. 🇬🇧
Andy Burnham became the United Kingdom's prime minister today, succeeding Keir Starmer, who resigned last month. CNN described it plainly: Burnham is Britain's seventh prime minister in a decade of extraordinary political instability. He left Westminster in 2017 to become mayor of Greater Manchester, returned to Parliament only weeks ago through an engineered by-election specifically to qualify for the Labour leadership race, and won it unopposed once Starmer stepped aside. 📊
Andy Burnham became the United Kingdom's prime minister today, succeeding Keir Starmer, who resigned last month. CNN described it plainly: Burnham is Britain's seventh prime minister in a decade of extraordinary political instability. He left Westminster in 2017 to become mayor of Greater Manchester, returned to Parliament only weeks ago through an engineered by-election specifically to qualify for the Labour leadership race, and won it unopposed once Starmer stepped aside. 📊