Hurrying Burnham Has Less Than Three Years Before Parliament Must Dissolve

Inside the battle for No 11

In less than a month, Britain is set to get its seventh prime minister in a decade. And, barring a political earthquake, it’s all but certain to be Andy Burnham. But several questions remain about what the King of the North really stands for – he now has just over three weeks to turn a []

UK’s Andy Burnham, nation’s likely next leader, promises ‘number 10 north’

Andy Burnham, Britain’s presumptive next prime minister, has set out details giving more powers to local government as part of a plan to spread wealth and economic growth. Saying Westminster “is not working” and is “broken”, he set out a sweeping economic vision in a key speech from Manchester – where he was mayor for nine years – to bring voters, colleagues and financial markets up to speed with his ideas during his rapid progress towards power. He set out a 10-year vision for “good growth in...

Lapan tahun BN muhasabah diri

KOTA TINGGI: Tempoh hampir lapan tahun Barisan Nasional (BN) tidak menerajui pentadbiran kerajaan merupakan ruang bermuhasabah serta menilai semula kelemahan parti, sebelum tampil dengan tawaran baharu kepada rakyat. Bekas Ketua Pemuda UMNO, Khairy Jamaluddin berkata, tempoh tersebut juga adalah untuk memperbaiki kekurangan serta memperkukuhkan hala tuju parti demi mengembalikan keyakinan rakyat. Beliau turut mengakui BN ... Read more The post Lapan tahun BN muhasabah diri appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

From ‘charismatic’ Johnson to youngest Sunak: A timeline of British Prime Ministers since 2016

The rapid turnover in the past 10 years is a first in British modern political history. By contrast, the preceding four decades saw just six prime ministers.

Why is the UK now changing prime minister every few years?

This is not the UK’s first leadership transition in government, and it is unlikely to be the last. These events have, however, been rare until recently. In the 80 years since the end of the second world war, there have only been 18 prime ministers. The nineteenth, likely to be Andy Burnham, will become the [] The post Why is the UK now changing prime minister every few years? appeared first on Interaksyon.