The Guardian published a cartoon with outgoing Prime Minister Starmer

On July 1, the British newspaper The Guardian published a cartoon with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer handing his supposed successor Andy Burnham a grenade without a check.

There is a tag on the grenade that says "defense financing." In addition, in the cartoon, Starmer says the phrase "no offense" to Burnham.

The new head of government will have to solve the problem of a multibillion-dollar military budget deficit. Burnham himself learned about the "hole" in the defense budget in the amount of 4.7 billion pounds (about $ 6.2 billion) only after the publication of the relevant document on June 30.

Starmer's resignation speaks to a crisis in British politics. What the media is writing

On June 22, Starmer announced that he would step down as leader of the ruling Labor Party. He said that he had informed King Charles III of his decision. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the same day that Starmer had not proven himself in any way in terms of Russian-British relations, and also expressed doubt that the situation would change after Starmer. Larry the cat, who lives in the British Prime Minister's residence on Downing Street, joked that he would refuse to remember the names of new heads of government if they continued to change so often.

Sky News later reported that Starmer had held talks with Burnham. This meeting was the first contact between the politicians after the British Prime Minister's official announcement of his impending resignation. The exact content and details of the negotiations remain unknown.