UK should not keep changing prime ministers, warns John Major

UK should not keep changing prime ministers, warns John MajorJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleMatt ChorleyPresenter, BBC Radio 5 Live and NewsnightBBCSir John Major says politicians are failing to tackle long-term problemsBritain must not keep changing prime ministers, Sir John Major has warned in a broadside at those who treat politics as a "game show" while leaving big problems to the next generation.The former Conservative prime minister accused today's focus-group obsessed politicians of thinking their job was to "provide fodder for the media and project your own career" while delaying action on complex issues like healthcare, pensions and climate change.In an interview for BBC Radio 5 Live and Newsnight, he said: "The best aphrodisiac in politics is hope. If people can see a change, there's a change in atmosphere."He said he felt "very strongly" that the reluctance to make difficult arguments on big issues "demeans politics". Without a new generation of young people who value public service being willing to enter politics, "we are in deep doodah", he added.Sir John was Conservative prime minister from 1990-97, winning the 1992 election with the most votes ever recorded for a British political party. Three years later he faced down internal party division, challenging his rivals to "put up or shut up" He defeated Tory MP John Redwood in a ballot of his MPs. Some have suggested Sir Keir Starmer, rumoured to be under pressure from rivals like Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting, might do the same.Sir John said: "The fate of individual politicians doesn't really matter as much as the development of the right policy. "I mean, it isn't a good idea to keep changing prime ministers. I think it is an idea to have a limited number of years. I think the Americans who have two terms of a president and then stop. I think that is sensible."ReutersSir Keir Starmer is...