New Delhi, June 27 -- Another British prime minister has resigned. Sir Keir Starmer is the sixth to quit since 2016 and the fifth to stay less than five years at No. 10 Downing Street, the official residence and office of British premiers.

The joke is that Larry the Cat, adopted by David Cameron in 2011 to deal with a rat infestation at No 10, has outlasted half a dozen PMs.

Cameron was the last British PM to complete a five-year term (2010-16) and remain in office for a year after winning a second term, until Brexit. Since then, the UK has had five PMs: Theresa May (2016-19), Boris Johnson (2019-22), Liz Truss, who served for less than 50 days in 2022, Rishi Sunak (2022-24), and Stamer.

But the irony is that Starmer led his Labour Par...