Adrian Wooldridge: Why Labour should keep Starmer

About this episode

Freddie Sayers discusses the leadership crisis in the UK with Adrian Wooldridge, focusing on the challenges facing Keir Starmer's Labour government.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers talks with journalist, author, and historian Adrian Wooldridge about the systemic leadership crisis facing the UK, exploring how the rapid decline of Keir Starmer's Labour government mirrors the previous Conservative downfall and reflects a broader decay of liberalism that necessitates a radical reinvigoration of the centrist tradition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Freddie Sayers

Guest: Adrian Wooldridge

Topics covered

• leadership crisis
• UK politics
• Labour Party
• Conservative downfall
• liberalism
• centrist tradition

Keywords

• leadership crisis
• Labour Party
• Keir Starmer
• Adrian Wooldridge
• UK politics
• Conservative downfall
• liberalism
• centrist tradition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Labour, Conservative, liberalism

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