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"Sir" Keir Starmer Resigns! Toot, Toot Tootsie, Goodbye!

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Let's face it, Larry the Cat has been the only dependable personality at Number 10 Downing Street for the last fifteen years. As "Mouser In Chief," Larry has been more popular than most British politicians and has lasted at Number 10 longer than any of them, He has seen five prime ministers come and go in that time. Today, that number rose to six! "Sir" Keir Starmer announced his resignation as British Prime Minister today, although he will stay on until the Labour Party chooses another leader, who will then become Prime Minister in Starmer's place. That person will probably be Andy Burnham, formerly mayor of Greater Manchester whose election as an MP for Makerfield last week put the final nail in Starmer's political coffin, as Burnham stated that if elected to Parliament he would challenge Starmer for leadership of the Labour Party. Starmer, the most unpopular Prime Minister in British history, finally saw the writing on the wall and resigned. One might...