Emergency Podcast: Why Britain's Political Turmoil Will End In Crisis

About this episode

Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss the political turmoil in Britain and the potential need for a crisis to prompt change.

Why Britain Needs A Crisis To Turn The Country Around Britain has once again been plunged into political turmoil. Despite rebellion in the ranks, Prime Minister Keir Starmer refuses to go, and it's not yet clear which - if any - of his potential challengers will lay down the gauntlet to try to take the leadership from him. And nor is it clear, given the divided nature of the Labour party, that any new Prime Minister could hold down the job until the next general election. Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss why Britain may need a 1976-style crisis to persuade our politicians to finally get a grip.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Merryn Somerset Webb

Guest: John Stepek

Topics covered

• political turmoil
• leadership crisis
• Labour party
• UK politics
• government stability

Keywords

• political turmoil
• Keir Starmer
• Labour party
• leadership crisis
• UK politics
• 1976 crisis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Labour party

Places: Britain

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