Starmer clings on, Burnham steps up w/ MP Nadia Whittome
5/21/20261 hr 6 min
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?
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Nish Kumar· Host0:52
[upbeat music] I'm Nish Kumar.
Coco Khan· Host1:03
And I'm Coco Khan. Welcome to Pod Save the UK.
Nish Kumar· Host1:05
It's been a very, very strange week in UK politics as Labour MPs prepare themselves for a leadership contest that now feels inevitable.
Coco Khan· Host1:13
We're joined by Labour MP, Nadia Whittome, who'll fill us in on the mood in the Labour Party after its humiliating fortnight. Plus, is Burnham the right person to succeed Starmer?
Nish Kumar· Host1:23
And once again, Tommy Robinson and his far-right comrades have marched through London. We ask the same question we've been asking for the last year and