Ash Sarkar

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Pod Save the UK · Are we stuck in never-ending political scandal? w/Ash Sarkar · 26 Feb 2026 podcast

And who had to resign in disgrace from government not once, but twice already.

I mean, this is the thing.

Oh.

Always holly bobs.

I mean, like, in a way, I feel sorry for him in the sense that he knows that he's only in the job right now because nobody else wants to take it on before the May elections.

So a couple of weeks ago, when you had that super overheated news day, when Anas Sarwar said that Keir Starmer should resign, and it was sort of expected that maybe there'd be some cabinet resignations or something, Keir Starmer ultimately stayed in place.

Now, the official line was that was because nobody wanted to destabilise the government.

So that's just complete horseshit.

That's just from bean to cup, completely made up.

The real reason is, if you anticipate...

a completely humiliating election result, which Labour do in May.

Why would you want to be the leader for that, right?

If you're West Street or Angela Rayner or Ed Miliband or whoever else, why would you want that to be your face in charge of the calamitous fuck-up?

It's just going to be like a brown manila folder with Morgan McSweeney's handwritten note being, hire my daddy, please.

I mean, I think that's a really interesting question.

The first thing is, is there a finish line in Sight for Labour?

I think that the answer is probably no.

And that's as much to do with what the story is, as well as the sort of mood it taps into.

So it's difficult because there are so many facets to it, right?

So yes, you've got Mandelson.

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