About this episode

The episode discusses the political turmoil in the UK as it prepares for its seventh prime minister in a decade.

The UK is about to have its seventh prime minister in 10 years. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Count Binface is running to replace Reform UK Party leader Nigel Farage for a seat in Parliament. Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Sean Rameswaram

Topics covered

• UK politics
• prime minister
• elections
• government
• anarchy

Keywords

• UK
• prime minister
• Count Binface
• Nigel Farage
• Reform UK Party

Sponsors

Vox

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vox, Reform UK Party

Places: UK

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