The outgoing prime minister’s efforts to mobilise a healthier kind of patriotism fell flat. Andy Burnham may stand a better chance Britain is not ungovernable, but the chalice of high office has been spiked with unusually fast-acting poison. Six prime ministers down in a decade.
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/24/keir-starmer-brexit-nationalism-andy-burnham)