Litmus test for Sir Keir’s leadership

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges facing Sir Keir's leadership of the Labour party following a significant drop in polls after an election victory.

After a landslide election victory, why has Labour plummeted in the polls? Can Sir Keir’s leadership survive and who are the likely contenders? Will the conservative party capitalise on Labour’s disfunction, or is Reform UK set to benefit from record levels of dissatisfaction with government? What are the parallels with Australian politics and who is the Prince of Darkness? Australian expat, Elizabeth Ames, joins Democracy Sausage to talk UK politics ahead of the litmus test Council elections in early May.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Mark Kenny

Guest: Elizabeth Ames

Topics covered

• UK politics
• Labour party
• leadership challenges
• election analysis
• Australian politics
• government dissatisfaction

Keywords

• Sir Keir
• Labour party
• Elizabeth Ames
• Farrer by-election
• UK politics
• government dissatisfaction
• Reform UK

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Labour, Reform UK, Democracy Sausage, The Australian National University

Places: UK, Australia

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