About this episode

Nigel and Sarah discuss the recent UK Prime Ministerial handover and its implications.

As the UK sees yet another Prime Ministerial handover, Nigel and Sarah discuss the choreography of the departure and arrival rituals, with reflections on previous such occasions. They also consider whether those sacked from the Cabinet by Andy Burnham will become trouble-makers on the backbenches, and take a moment to reflect on the kind words expressed between the Leader of the Opposition and Keir Starmer at his last Prime Minister's Questions, and why such courtesies matter in our politics. Presented by Nigel Fletcher and Sarah Southern Produced by the Centre for Opposition Studies Theme Music by Tom Hector

People in this episode

Hosts: Nigel Fletcher, Sarah Southern

Topics covered

• UK politics
• Prime Ministerial transitions
• Cabinet reshuffles
• political rituals
• opposition dynamics

Keywords

• Prime Minister
• politics
• UK
• Cabinet
• opposition
• Andy Burnham
• Keir Starmer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Centre for Opposition Studies

Places: UK

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