UK leader Keir Starmer is marking 100 days in office. It has been a rocky ride
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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a media interview while attending the 79th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, U.S. September 25, 2024.Leon Neal | Via ReutersBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer marks 100 days in office Saturday with little cause for celebration.Starmer's center-left Labour Party was elected by a landslide on July 4, sweeping back to power after 14 years. But after weeks of stories about feuding, freebies and fiscal gloom, polls suggest Starmer's personal approval rating has plummeted, and Labour is only slightly more popular than a Conservative Party that was rejected by voters after years of infighting and scandal."You couldn't really have imagined a worse start," said Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London. "First impressions count, and it's going to be difficult to turn those around."Starmer won the election on promises to banish years of turmoil and scandal under Conservative govern...