Keir Starmer Resigns as MP

Establishment-critical narrative

Starmer explicitly promised voters he would stay on as MP, then broke that promise the moment it suited him — yet another U-turn from a leader defined by them. His exit triggers a costly by-election at a time of planned tax hikes, and Labour now faces a real fight to hold the seat against a surging Green Party. Holborn and St Pancras deserves better than being treated as an afterthought on the way out the door.