Keir Starmer’s Kevin Keegan moment
What if the prime minister just quits?
A slice of history happened 25 years ago in a toilet cubicle in Wembley Stadium on a wet October afternoon. England had lost 1-0 against Germany in the last ever game at the soon-to-be demolished home of English football. The then England manager Kevin Keegan, soaked and miserable, walked off the pitch and decided to resign. A boss from the Football Association dragged a dripping Mr Keegan into a toilet cubicle to persuade him to stay. “You can’t change my mind,” said Mr Keegan, standing nose-to-nose with his boss. “I’m out of here. I’m not up to it.”
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