Politician Farage called on Britain's new Prime Minister Burnham to call a general election

The leader of the British opposition Reform UK party, Nigel Farage, called on the new British Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, to hold general elections, saying that he took office "without a mandate from the British people." This was reported by The Guardian newspaper on July 21.

"This person has absolutely no mandate. He did not participate in the 2024 election program. It is impossible to carry out the "most massive changes" in British politics over the past 40 years without the mandate of the British people. And it would be quite appropriate, correct and expedient to call a general election on this issue, and do it right now," Farage said.

He also stated that he knew that after the May elections in England, Scotland and Wales, former British Prime Minister Keir Starmer would leave his post due to the "unsatisfactory results of the Labor Party in the opinion polls."

"And so he left, and we did it — we did it," Farage said.

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On July 20, Starmer announced his final resignation from the post of British Prime Minister, adding that he was "passing the baton" to Burnham. According to him, in 6.5 years as head of the Labor Party, he managed to bring the political force out of the crisis after the defeat in the 2019 elections, transform it and lead it to victory in the 2024 general elections.

Charles III accepted the resignation of Starmer, who served in this post for two years and 15 days, ranking 43rd among all 58 prime ministers in the history of the United Kingdom.