Badenoch Seizes On Starmer’s Exit To Skewer Labour’s Record

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has wasted no time in severely criticising Keir Starmer following his resignation as Prime Minister on Monday, branding him a failure who leaves behind a weakened Britain.
Starmer announced his resignation as both Prime Minister and Labour leader on 22 June 2026, saying he would remain in a caretaker role until the party chose a successor.
Badenoch, posting on social media, offered no sympathy. She catalogued what she described as Labour’s damaging choices, national insurance hikes, the Family Farm Tax, stalled welfare reform, underfunded defence, and a refusal to develop Britain’s domestic energy resources.

She also renewed her attack over the a...