Starmer clings on, Burnham steps up w/ MP Nadia Whittome

About this episode

The episode discusses the current state of the Labour Party and responses to the far right in the UK.

This week, Nish and Coco make sense of another chaotic week in Westminster, as Keir Starmer clings on in Downing Street, Wes Streeting resigns, and Andy Burnham’s route back to Parliament suddenly becomes very real. They’re joined by Nadia Whittome, Labour MP for Nottingham East and one of the earliest MPs to call for Starmer to go, to unpack the mood inside the Labour Party, whether Burnham is really the answer, and what Labour needs to do to win back progressive voters. Plus: after Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson’s latest rally in London, how should progressives respond to the far right without simply echoing its politics? And: Nigel Farage faces questions over a £5m gift from a crypto billionaire. Does the man of the people have some very expensive explaining to do? CHECK OUT THESE DEALS FROM OUR SPONSORS BT: Search ‘Why BT’ to find out more. VANTA: https://www.vanta.com/PSTUK INCOGNI: https://www.incogni.com/podsavetheuk Code: podsavetheuk SHOPIFY: https://shopify.co.uk/podsavetheuk GUESTS Nadia Whittome MP USEFUL LINKS @Femi_Sorry: Tommy Robinson supporters expose themselves so fast! - Unite The Kingdom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBdc_HsSA5Y CLIP…

People in this episode

Hosts: Nish, Coco

Guest: Nadia Whittome

Topics covered

• Westminster chaos
• Labour Party dynamics
• progressive voters
• far right response
• political commentary

Keywords

• Keir Starmer
• Nadia Whittome
• Andy Burnham
• Labour Party
• Tommy Robinson
• Nigel Farage
• Westminster
• politics
• progressive voters

Sponsors

BT, VANTA, INCOGNI, SHOPIFY

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Labour Party, Intelligence Squared, Crooked Media

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