NICK SCHIFRIN: British Prime Minister Keir# Starmer resigned today, setting in motion a## process to replace him that will produce# the seventh prime minister in 10 years.

Starmer came to office just two years ago atop a# landslide victory, ousting the Conservative Party## that had governed the United Kingdom for nearly# 15 years.

But dissatisfaction with his government## grew quickly, leading to a mutiny within his own# Labor Party, and now a single likely replacement.

Romilly Weeks of ITV News reports.

ROMILLY WEEKS: It's become a painfully familiar# bit of furniture, and it could only herald one## thing, the lectern maneuvered into position, the# banks of cameras trained, as Britain's sixth prime## minister since the Brexit referendum became# the fifth to resign before their time was up.

(CHEERING) ROMILLY WEEKS: Keir .. KEIR STARMER, British Prime Minister: Look# at what we have achieved in just two years.

ROMILLY WEEKS: Then, watched by those M.P.s# still loyal, he faced the writing on the wall.

KEIR STARMER: The question my party is asking# now is whether I am best placed to lead us## into the next general election.

I have heard the# answer of my parliamentary party to that question,## and I accept that answer with good grace.

Every decision I have taken has been# about putting the country I love first.## That is why I will resign as# leader of the Labor Party.

ROMILLY WEEKS: He had wanted, he had# intended to fight on.

But four years## after Boris Johnson said the same, Keir Starmer# has also bowed to the inevitable, leaving in a## way he can never have imagined when he walked# victorious up this street just two years ago.

DAVID LAMMY, British Deputy Prime# Minister: His guiding compass## has been to put the country first and to ensure## that this next stage and phase is as orderly# as possible.

That is the measure of the man.

ROMILLY WEEKS: You were one of those backing the## prime minister right to the end.# Will you now back An.. DAVID LAMMY: Oh, look I have been loyal# to every leader of the Labor Party and## every prime minister.

I have been loyal# to this one.

I will be loyal to the next.

ROMILLY WEEKS: As for the man who wants to be# next, Andy Burnham, so-called King of the North,## made an almost regal procession southwards,# his train track from Manchester to Euston,## where he dodged waiting crowds and sped off in# a cab, arriving in Westminster to be sworn in.

MAN: We now come to Andy# Burnham, member from Makerfield.

(CHEERING) ROMILLY WEEKS:## That clearly not the limit of his ambition.

AN.. by almighty God that I will be faithful and bear# true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles.

PARLIAMENT: Hear, hear!

ROMILLY WEEKS: The question now whethe.. The Conservative leader called for speed.

KEMI BADENOCH, British Conservative# Leader: But what are we waiting for?## There are critical decisions that need to be made.

ROMILLY WEEKS: Posing with around# 200 labor M.P.s this afternoon,## Andy Burnham was showing any potential# rivals what they would have to beat## and showing Keir Starmer what he# has lost, as the prime minister,## comforted only by his wife, reentered Number# 10, his home, his job for not much longer.

Romilly Weeks, ITV News.