BREAKING: Keir Starmer declares ‘my work is done’ in jubilant final speech as Prime Minister

So he's looking at ways, easy, easy wins, I suppose, and we will be seeing, I think, measures announced in the next few hours, I think, on cost of living, but he can't go too far outside of the manifesto. And we thought he might be doing something today on drilling at North Seor, but I'm now told that's going to be a few days away, but he's probably going to have an announcer in a day. Isn't that what he should do? Well, he's probably going to go to Scotland. I think the first visit Burnham will do this week is Scotland, then Wales and Northern Ireland, in that order, I expect. And when you go to Scotland as Prime Minister, you've got to talk oil. The Tories won their first by-election in Scotland a few weeks ago. It was their first by-election since 1967. And it's because the Tories talked about drill, baby drill, in Aberdeen South, because that was the great oil constituency. And of course, Ed Miliband had been the big opponent. But we're talking into here, Sir Keir Starmer coming out, he should be out in about two minutes now. Andrew, how do you think history will judge him? He was, I would say, a decent man. He made the party electable. He dealt with anti-Semitism after Jeremy Corbyn. When Andy Burnham was in Manchester, he was in the hard yards down here. Yeah, a decent man, but he did throw an awful lot of people under the bus, Chris, to protect himself. You think about all the chiefs of staff that went, the comms chiefs that went, and that catastrophic decision to hire Peter Manderson will be probably one of his most grievous errors that he'll be judged for, because that will continue to haunt his legacy, don't you think? There's no question that's what brought him down. And the appointment of Peter Manderson, which he clearly didn't want to do. He outsourced that issue to people who knew Peter Manderson, and that's what made him so cross. People tell me they never saw Keir Starmer crosser than when discussing Peter Manderson. Yeah, because he hardly knew Peter Manderson, but they said, he's the man to be your ambassador in Washington, because he will be able to deal with Donald Trump, because he's serpentine, slippery, crafty, and here he comes, here he is, and here comes Sir Keir Starmer. Thank you. Thank you very much, and good morning. I'm about to visit His Majesty the King to offer my resignation and close the book on my time as Prime Minister. My work is done. In six and a half years, I took our party from a historic defeat in 2019, changed it so it was fit to face the country, and won a landslide general election victory in 2024. Since then, it has been the privilege of my life to serve you and this great country as Prime Minister, and I am confident that Britain is now stronger and fairer than it was two years ago. Our economy is stronger, our public services are on the up, with the biggest fall in waiting times for 17 years, children are being lifted out of poverty every single day, immigration is down significantly, our defence and security are on a far stronger footing, and our international reputation is greatly enhanced. Yet the thing I will always take away with me, the most humbling aspect of this job, is the front row seat you get to witness the greatest things of this country in action. To see every day, immeasurable acts of resolve, grit, decency and compassion from people who serve our country, whether that's in their regimental colours, NHS scrubs, or simply the millions of people in their communities who volunteer their time and their effort to the ground beneath their feet. We face a world now where our enemies will stop at nothing to divide us, because of our values, our freedom, our decency, and frankly because of our unflinching resolve towards the brave people of Ukraine. And so under this attack, it is vital that we remember the greatness of the Britain all around us, that while we debate how to fix our problems, there is something we inherit from our country and our character that can give us confidence, that we can change our country for the better, that we can create a Britain where every child can go as far as their talent will take them, and we can unite different people under our common flag if we don't succumb to that division. So as I now pass the baton to Andy Burnham, I wish him every success. He has my full support. And finally, I want to thank once again my family, Vic and our children, my team, all the staff here and across the Labour Party, everyone at Number 10 and across the Civil Service, and everyone who has supported our efforts along the way. For all the focus on individuals, politics will always be a team sport, and the changes we've delivered for our country and our party belong to everyone who has fought for them. I thank them again today, and I thank the British people for the opportunity to serve. I go with good grace, I go with a smile, and I go proud of everything that we have achieved. Thank you very much. Down Downing Street, we saw him and Lady Starmer climbing there into the car, but not with the family. Now they are now on the way to Buckingham Palace. It's a short ten minute drive across London. The King is waiting for that moment when he'll arrive there to hand in his notice, or formally resign as a Prime Minister. There we have it. Well, Christopher, Andy, thank you very much. It was really interesting.