Could Andy Burnham be next in a long line of post-Brexit PMs? | ABC NEWS

A popular mayor but a virtual unknown on the global stage, Andy Burnham looks likely to take up the UK's top job - the UK's seventh Prime Minister in less than a decade. Current prime minister Sir Keir Starmer's popularity has plummeted, and he was criticised for appointing Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US after Lord Mandelson's connection to Jeffrey Epstein was revealed. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-23/andy-burnham-keir-starmer-challenger/106826290 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia