It’s the State Opening of a new Parliament tomorrow with the King’s Speech outlining what the government’s plans will be.
If Starmer were to resign today wouldn’t this render the speech if not null and void then largely pointless?
I’ve no idea what the rules and regs are if a PM resigns on the eve of a State Opening and I rather doubt it’s happened before.
But given the likely turmoil immediate resignation would cause I think it more likely Starmer will continue as PM for a while, maybe announcing today a date for departure in the near future.
Perhaps the King will just have a sheet of A5 vellum in his hand with the no more than the phrase ‘fk knows’ on it, writ large in big bold beautiful Times New Roman.