The Papers: 'Keir's tears... Andy's crown' and 'Messiah without a mandate'

'Keir's tears... Andy's crown' and 'Messiah without a mandate'Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAll the front pages report on Sir Keir Starmer's resignation, paving the way for what some call a "coronation" of Labour MP Andy Burnham as prime minister. "Keir's tears... Andy's crown" is the Metro's take. "Days after vowing to fight any challenger, Sir Keir made an emotional speech outside No. 10, thanking his wife and saying he now aimed 'to be the best dad I can to my beautiful children'," the paper writes.Sir Keir, depicted with his head tilted down, standing at the podium delivering his resignation speech in front of a blurred-out No 10 door, features on the front page of the Guardian with the caption "Starmer bows out... as Burnham swoops in". The prime minister "announced a timetable for his departure after months of growing discontent among Labour MPs and cabinet ministers", the paper says.Reflecting on Sir Keir's time as a "decent man" who "tried his very best in an almost impossible job", the Daily Mirror writes that he "stood up to Trump, lifted half a million kids out of poverty, protected workers and renters". It adds "the failures were glaring... and magnified in our angry, divided world". Describing Sir Keir's resignation speech outside the No 10 as "emotional", leaving the prime minister on the "verge of tears", the Daily Telegraph writes that he accepted "with 'good grace' the calls from ministers and Labour MPs for him to step down". A scorching heatwave sweeping across the UK earns a mention on a politics-heavy news day. "Schools closed amid heatwave power alert" is the headline, reporting warnings from grid operators that "a prolonged spell of hot weather could trigger blackouts as wildfires damage power lines". "As tear...