Ouch: All of a sudden, Italy is showing the United Kingdom what a stable government looks like.
Britain’s about to get its seventh prime minister in 10 years, most of them ousted not by the voters but by their own parties.
Before this run, it took 40 years to rack up seven PMs.
Meanwhile, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni will hit her four-year mark in October, as her successes make her the longest-lasting head of a government in the entire postwar era (it’s been nearly 70 governments in 83 years).
Keir Starmer, after less than two years at No. 10 Downing St., announced his resignation Monday after his Labour Party revolted at his bumbling.
Next up will be Andy Burnham, who’ll be the first PM in well over a century to have zero experience in the chief offices of power.
Labour doesn’t have to call an election until mid 2029, but that’s no guarantee Andy will last if he can’t reverse Starmer’s disasters — and since he’s farther left, he may well make things worse.
On the other hand, the British right is divided among at least two parties, the Conservatives and Reform, with a third (Restore Britain) trying to rise as well.
Maybe Labour’s rivals should ask Meloni for advice on how to build a majority coalition.