India, June 24 -- British Prime Minister (PM) Keir Starmer announced his resignation as leader of the Labour Party and UK PM, forced out by his own party following a catastrophic plunge in popularity, severe local and by-election losses, and damaging political missteps within two years of his 2024 landslide victory.

Thus, The UK is on course to welcome its seventh prime minister in a decade. This unprecedented leadership turnover began exactly ten years ago with the historic June 2016 Brexit referendum, which triggered the immediate departure of David Cameron. In the highly volatile decade that followed, the country cycled through a rapid succession of Conservative leaders-including Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak-...