Badenoch instead took aim at Starmer’s successor, Andy Burnham, who will not face questions from MPs until September, with the Commons breaking up for recess Thursday.
She accused the Makerfield MP of “scurrying away for the summer.”
Changing PMs is no solution
Given Starmer’s dire polling, Badenoch may be secretly sad the PM is stepping down.
But she warned Labour MPs Burnham’s arrival in No. 10 Downing Street will not guarantee electoral success — something Starmer’s allies repeatedly warned before he was ousted.
“We have been where you are. Changing prime minister is not a silver bullet,” Badenoch argued. “It may be that the Labour Party’s troubles are only just beginning. Solving the fundamental problems in this country will require difficult decisions, and you also need to know how to get things done.”
Starmer’s a family man
Politics is a rough old game, and Badenoch praised Starmer’s wife, Victoria, and his two children for enduring it.