Europe’s media look on in bemusement at Downing Street’s post-Brexit ‘revolving door’

In Germany, Downing Street was likened to a transit station, given the regular comings and goings of different prime ministers and staff. Meanwhile, a bemused Spanish newspaper concluded No 10 seemed to have been fitted with a revolving door. As news outlets across Europe digested the implications of Keir Starmer’s precipitous fall from landslide election winner to ousted prime minister , many also focused on a wider reality – Britain’s once much vaunted political stability was a thing of the past. “Keir Starmer’s resignation confirms instability is the new normal in British politics,” noted the Spanish daily La Vanguardia. “Downing Street seems to have a revolving door.” Spain’s La Vanguardia said the UK had gone from a beacon of stability to a revolving door of politics. Photograph: acorujo/web Its assessment was reflected across Europe . An analysis for Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung asked the question usually reserved for England football managers. “An impossible job? Even before a successor for Keir Starmer has been chosen, it’s clear: many fail at the task,” it said. Along with other prominent European titles, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung was explicit about Brexit’s role in both Starmer’s demise and the state of UK politics. “Discontent within his party and the consequences of Brexit made the office difficult for Starmer,” it stated. An analysis by Spain’s El País – part of a special feature on “the political crisis in Britain” – was more blunt. …