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For what its worth I dont think thats accurate about Starmer any more. He has started proposing leftist policies again and gone back to the pledges. Just yesterday he was talking about repealing anti-union laws and improving workers rights as well as all the stuff at conference like the publicly owned energy company or rail renationalisation. If he has to wrap it in a flag to get it done so be it. Also while some leftist candidates not getting selected is unfortunate therell still be a lot more leftist MPs than there are now so thats a good thing.

foolm0r0n posted...

What I don't get is why UK politicians actually resign. Why not just double down, ride out their term, use your power etc. Nixon was the last to resign in the US and he probably regretted it.

Because the UK system is entirely different from the US system which is basically unique in the world. In the UK, a PM can either be removed by their own party or a simple vote in parliament. If a government cannot win a confidence vote in the house of commons there will either be a change of government or a general election. If it looks like a PM will lose any of those they resign. In the US the president is nearly unassailable because the threshold to remove is so high and they are elected directly.