Can a new PM fix broken Britain?
6/23/202615 min
There’s a revolving door at 10 Downing Street, a prime minister goes in and they’re popped out again.
This time it was Keir Starmer.
Can his likely successor, the former Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham last the distance?
Today, Simon Tormey, Professor of Politics at Deakin University on why Britain’s woeful economy will make it hard.
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Simon Tormey, Professor of Politics and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Education at Deakin University
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[upbeat music] ABC Listen. Podcasts, radio, news, music, and more. [upbeat music] Hi, I'm Patricia Karvelas, the host of Politics Now. And sometimes it can be hard to cut through all the noise from the Canberra bubble, but on the Politics Now podcast, bursting it wide open is our core business. I'm joined by the brightest minds at the ABC to break down the poli-speak and have a chat about what's actually going on behind the scenes. It's called Politics Now, and you can find it on ABC Listen. [upbeat music] There's a revolving door at 10 Downing Street. Prime Minister goes in, and then is popped out again. This time it was Keir Starmer. So can his likely successor, the former Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, last the distance? Today, Simon Tormey, professor of politics at Deakin Uni, on why Britain's woeful economy will make it hard. I'm Sam Hawley on Gadigal Land in Sydney. This is ABC NewsDaily. [upbeat music] Simon, we used to love