The Wall Street Journal (U.K.)

CLACTON-ON-SEA, England—Nigel Farage has overcome some unusual obstacles in his political career. He styled it out when dared to nibble on a pizza topped with crocodile penis for a reality TV show. Farage again powered through after a protester tossed a milkshake over him when he first ran for election in this sunny seaside town, eventually winning. Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

In June, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation. Here’s how the leader went from ‘moderate and stable’ to standing down. Photo: Adrian Dennis/PA Wire/ZUMA Press Nigel Farage, the British populist whose anti-immigration party has led polls for the past year, said he was stepping down as a lawmaker amid a scandal over his finances, but plans to run again for the same seat.

Andy Burnham this week gave his first official speech laying out his vision for the U.K. MANCHESTER, England—On a rainy afternoon just over a month ago, Andy Burnham drove around the low-key northern town of Ashton-in-Makerfield in an old red Ford Fiesta, kick-starting one of the more outlandish political takeovers in modern British history.

LONDON—King Charles long promised a slimmed-down monarchy that was lighter on the taxpayer purse. It isn’t turning out that way. Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Britain’s revolving door of prime ministers is spinning faster, opening an opportunity for an unpopular populist to take power; ‘People are fed up’ British politics has gone from predictable to utterly maverick. LONDON—Nigel Farage has never held a position in the British government. As leader of the anti-immigration party Reform UK, he oversees just eight lawmakers in Parliament. Among voters, he has one of the lowest favorability ratings of any politician.

The U.K. is on the cusp of having its sixth leader in seven years after Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation Monday. It comes after Starmer failed to enact change fast enough for a weary British public and faced growing rebellion from his own lawmakers. Starmer is a former human-rights lawyer who returned the Labour Party to power for the first time in 14 years

Britain heads for its sixth prime minister in seven years, an unprecedented period of political turbulence in the world’s fifth-largest economy Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his resignation. LONDON—British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said he would step down following a rebellion in his Labour Party, clearing the way for Andy Burnham, a left-wing former mayor, to likely become the country’s sixth prime minister in seven years.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would step down less than two years into a five-year term following a rebellion in his Labour Party. Photo: Henry Nicholls/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images LONDON—British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said he would step down following a rebellion in his Labour Party, clearing the way for Andy Burnham, a left-wing former mayor, to likely become the country’s sixth prime minister in seven years.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would step down less than two years into a five-year term following a rebellion in his Labour Party. Photo: Henry Nicholls/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images LONDON—British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said he would step down following a rebellion in his Labour Party, clearing the way for Andy Burnham, a left-wing former mayor, to likely become the country’s sixth prime minister in seven years.

LONDON—British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has lurched from crisis to crisis but managed to cling to power. The rise of a man known as the “King of the North” could finally be his undoing. Andy Burnham , until this week the mayor of Greater Manchester, easily won a special district election Thursday to re-enter Parliament, setting the stage for him to launch a leadership challenge against Starmer.