The United Kingdom is engulfed in its most severe political crisis in years. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is refusing to step down despite a ministerial resignation and a growing revolt among Labour MPs. His defiance puts the onus squarely on his critics — including Australian-born MP Catherine West — to launch a formal leadership contest if they want him gone.
The situation marks a dramatic reversal of fortune for a party that won a commanding majority not long ago, and injects profound uncertainty into British governance at a moment when the country can ill afford it.
