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Keir Starmer Forced to Resign from British Prime Minister Job – Ode to Joy captures mood of popular masses

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Keir Starmer sheds tears for himself after turning his Labour party into electoral wreckage :



Ode to Joy played from loudspeaker outside Downing Street during Keir Starmer’s resignation as prime minister…within seconds of Starmer beginning his speech, loud classical music could be heard in the background. http://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/kei…

John Meehan (@johndmeehan.bsky.social) 2026-06-22T09:37:55.133Z

Bluesky correspondent speaks for the many :

Starmer has all but destroyed what was left of Labour, told the members if they didn’t like what he was doing “there’s the door”, oversaw huge erosion of civil liberties, support for a genocide, massive authoritarian overreach and an economy that’s limping toward death. Good fucking riddance.

Audrey Yawn, Bluesky correspondent

Can the cause of socialist renewal recover from a Starmer blitzkrieg in Britain? :

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