Keir Starmer has announced his resignation and the end to his six years as Labour leader and two years as prime minister.
Starmer said he would ask Labour to set out a timetable for a leadership change, and nominations for candidates will open on July 9.
His legacy, however, is one tainted with the blood of thousands of Palestinians he helped Israel to kill.
Keir Starmer remembered for lives lost
Former UK ambassador and journalist, Craig Murray, took to X to highlight the main legacy of Starmer’s.
Keir Starmer should be remembered for his unflinching and pro-active support for Genocide in Gaza and Lebanon. Nothing else matters beside this.
Journalist Hamza Yusuf shared a clip of Starmer from November 2024, when he refused to name the UK/US/Israel annihilation of Palestinians as a genocide.
“I’m well aware of the definition of genocide, and that is why I’ve never referred to this as genocide…”
Keir Starmer in November 2024.
Close to 50,000 Palestinians had been killed in Gaza by this point.
Yet he chose genocide denial.
Never forget. pic.twitter.com/6NsJgJIUOV
— Hamza Yusuf (@Hamza_a96) June 21, 2026
Sovereign Media said that the memory of Starmer’s tenure will “remain synonymous with the UK’s support for Israel as it committed war crimes and acts of genocide against the Palestinian people”.
Jeremy Corbyn was scathing too. He wrote this after Starmer’s resignation:
Keir Starmer could have ended child poverty, homelessness and the grotesque levels of inequality in this country. Instead, he abandoned those in need, destroyed our civil liberties and facilitated genocide in Gaza.
In a post on X, Zack Polanski said that rising bills and stagnant wages defined Starmer’s legacy, while oil and gas giants rake in record profits and the 50 richest families in Britain own more than half the population.
He also pointed to sewage in rivers, pensioners being jailed for protesting, migrants being thrown under the bus, and the government’s support for genocide.
His concluding line?
That’s Starmer’s legacy.
Next stop: The Hague
Declassified UK shared its documentary on Starmer’s decision to send hundreds of spy flights over Gaza amid the genocide, which should put him in the Hague. That’s where the International Criminal Court (ICC) is located.
BREAKING — Keir Starmer resigns as Prime Minister
In our documentary, we ask whether Starmer’s decision to send hundreds of spy flights over Gaza amid the genocide should put him in the Hague
https://t.co/qL3jN8D1qV
— Declassified UK (@declassifiedUK) June 22, 2026
Economist Jason Hickel also said Starmer belongs in the Hague.
Starmer’s legacy is genocide. That is literally all I can think about. I pray that he is tortured by this fact for the rest of his life. Next stop, The Hague.
— Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) June 22, 2026
Zarah Sultana also echoed these comments when she shared his resignation speech.
The most emotion Keir Starmer has shown is over losing his job, not enabling the genocide of the Palestinian people.
Good riddance.
His next stop should be The Hague. https://t.co/NAQqap1Yyi
— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) June 22, 2026
What a sad, bloody legacy.
Featured image via Sky News
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