India, June 22 -- When Keir Starmer led the Labour Party to a landslide victory in Britain's general election in July 2024 after more than a decade of political turmoil under the Conservative Party, few would have thought that the former human rights attorney would announce he was stepping down less than two years later. Starmer, who largely shaped the Labour Party's move towards the political middle ground after being out of power for 14 years, saw the writing on the wall. Apart from criticism in the streets, at least four Cabinet ministers and a majority of party MPs signalled to him that he should finalise a timeframe for his exit. The pressure on Starmer to quit increased after Andy Burnham, widely tipped as Labour's top choice for be...