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‘Not another one’: British voters fatigued by seventh PM in a decade

LONDON - “Not another one,” Claire Walker sighed, as Britain welcomed Andy Burnham as its seventh prime minister since early 2016 on July 20, with voters voicing their frustration after years of political churn.Burnham was asked to form a government by King Charles after Keir Starmer resigned, lasting only two years in office despite handing the Labour Party a landslide victory in general elections in 2024.Walker, a 65-year-old London consultant, said she had yet to “make an impression” of the former mayor of Greater Manchester, who was parachuted into the top office by the Labour Party.“I’ve heard nothing concrete on how he’ll fix the economy,” said an exasperated-sounding Walker. “I’m waiting with bated breath.”“If his rhetoric is as dynamic as his seeming personality and he actually bri
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