As British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation from office, a faction within his own political party was already planning to coronate a successor who was elected back to Parliament less than a week ago.

Andy Burnham, the new member of Parliament for Makerfield, is currently the only horse in the race to fill Starmer’s shoes as leader of the Labour Party and head of the incumbent Labour government. He offered Starmer a brief farewell message on Monday that immediately pivoted to talks of a “political change” with him at the center.