Keir Starmer is in crisis mode. Here’s how he can be dislodged. - politico.eu

Analysis laid out mechanisms that could dislodge Starmer as his position weakened after crushing local and regional defeats, and those pressures culminated in his resignation. Cabinet turmoil and ministerial departures described in the piece helped create the conditions for a rapid leadership contest. Commentators have since argued that Starmer’s removal also exposes fiscal limits that may force a successor to change Britain’s stance on Ukraine, linking the domestic political crisis to potential shifts in foreign policy.