00:02Former British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday he will step down as a Member of Parliament for Holborn
00:08and St Pancras.
00:10Starmer resigned as Prime Minister six weeks ago after losing the support of his Labour Party.
00:16He led the party to a landslide victory in 2024, securing one of the largest parliamentary majorities in modern British
00:23history.
00:24His rise marked a major turnaround after he took over as Labour leader four years earlier, following the party's worst
00:32election result since 1935.
00:34However, his premiership was hit by a series of damaging U-turns and declining public support, which eventually weakened his
00:42position within the party.
00:47Starmer had previously said he planned to remain as an MP until the next general election.
00:52But he told the Camden New Journal that he had changed his mind and would now focus on international affairs.
00:59Foreign policy was widely regarded as one of the stronger aspects of Starmer's premiership.
01:05He worked with French President Emmanuel Macron to form the Coalition of the Willing in support of Ukraine,
01:11sought to reset ties with China, recognized a Palestinian state and pursued closer ties with U.S. President Donald Trump
01:19with mixed results.
01:20down the list.
01:22In April of 2001,őj
