Only a select handful of countries have experienced more recent churn at the top of government than the United Kingdom, which is about to get its seventh prime minister in a decade.
  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
    11·
    5 days ago

    His supporters have high hopes for his mix of charisma, man-of-the-people vibe, and pro-business agenda…

    If he has a pro-business agenda, a man-of-the-people vibe is all you’re gonna get.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
    13·
    5 days ago

    “Why is the economy so unstable today? Brexit. We might as well say the quiet part out loud,” said Scott Lucas, an international politics professor and longtime Westminster watcher at Ireland’s University College Dublin.

    😱

  • zeezee@slrpnk.net
    52·
    5 days ago

    mark my words - Burnham will be yet another all bark and no bite PM - he’ll have a run of the mill centrist career before he maybe passes proportional representation before leaving and handing power into a far right party since more of the same austerity and “bureaucracy” cuts will leave people feeling more and more disenchanted…

    i hope I’m wrong…