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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called for a snap general election following Prime Minister Keir Starmer's resignation on Monday, saying his party has "every chance of winning." Speaking at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in London, Farage warned that Andy Burnham's expected ascent — with the Labour leadership contest set to begin July 9, per Reuters — would install Britain's sixth prime minister in seven years without a public mandate.
The succession timeline and Farage's explicit push for expanded UK-US financial services access mark the episode as politically significant for sterling markets.
Political Succession and the Mandate Gap Reuters reported June 24 that Burnham appeared positioned to take the Labour leadership, bypassing a general election.
Farage said he does not know Burnham's policies and argued that entering Downing Street through an internal party contest, rather than a national vote, leaves the incoming leader without democratic legitimacy.
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