How a Mayor Pulled off a Bloodless Coup in the U.K.

Wall Street Journal: “Now, Starmer is on his way out, and Burnham is set in coming weeks to become Labour leader and the U.K.’s 59th prime minister. He will likely be ushered into Downing Street without a formal leadership contest or detailed plan for power—on the strength of winning 24,927 votes in Makerfield.”

“In a matter of weeks, he will have gone from cheerleading a city to being in charge of the world’s fifth biggest economy and a nuclear-armed power, and from overseeing a budget of £3 billion to one of £1.4 trillion.”