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What are the latest developments in Keir Starmer's premiership?
Good morning, everybody. Morning. So, yeah, as we can see there on The Observer and all the other newspapers, Britain is having the biggest rush of blood to the head we've seen in recent years. And the bar there is fairly high because it's a country that's had a lot of Russia bloods to the head in the last 10 years. So things seem to be moving quite quickly around Keir Starmer's premiership. Mark Paul, London correspondent at the Irish Times. Good morning.
Good morning, Brandon.
So what's the latest? What's happening?
Well, the latest is that it seems that Keir Starmer is at least contemplating resigning, possibly as soon as tomorrow. Peter Kyle, his business secretary, a senior member of the cabinet and somebody who has been loyal to him all the way through, although he is Wes Streeting's best friend. But he did the morning round of television interviews this morning and he basically said he confirmed that the prime minister was considering resigning. He said flat out that Andy Burnham would be one of the contenders to replace him.
Who are the potential successors to Keir Starmer?
And he was given two opportunities to deny that Keir Starmer would resign tomorrow. And he didn't. He didn't deny that. So it seems we may well be entering the final 24 or 36 hours of Keir Starmer's premiership.
You said the final there. You nearly said death throes, didn't you? Is there any is there anyone defending Keir Starmer's premiership or saying he should stay on publicly at the moment in the Labour Party?
Look, there are a couple of people who are still loyal to him. Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, has remained loyal to him all the way through. Lord Hermer, his Attorney General, has remained loyal. But, you know, Harriet Harman is a Labour Party grandie and she was appointed to a job by Keir Starmer just a month ago. And she said a couple of days ago, this is somebody who just got a job from Keir Starmer. She said a couple of days ago, the herd isn't just moving, it is stampeding. So I think there's a general realisation across the Labour Party that Keir Starmer's time is up, that perhaps this is Andy Burnham's time, and they're all prepared to move on. Yeah.
What is the current state of support for Keir Starmer within the Labour Party?
And of course, Rachel Reeves, like being one of the people standing with him, she gets defenestrated with him, basically, doesn't she? If he's gone, if Keir Starmer's gone, she's going to be gone. So that's probably her angle on it. So at the moment, we're told that he is holed up with his wife in Chequers. She seems to be the kind of last woman standing and his closest advisor right now. Is that right?
Yeah.
That's right. I mean, Keir Starmer has always spoken that, you know, he takes his closest advice from his wife, Victoria Starmer. And, you know, she doesn't have a big public profile in the sense that she doesn't do many interviews and she's not very outspoken in the media or publicly, but she's always been by Keir Starmer's side and he's always spoken about how much he relies on her. And I think when he went to Chequers for the weekend, I mean, that is a place where UK prime ministers go to think and to think things over and it's quiet. It's out in the countryside, you know, surrounded by fields and lots and lots of police as well I've been up there a couple of times that's where Simon Harris met him but it's like an old country estate and I guess Keir Starmer went there to mull things over and it seems he's reached a conclusion that he can't go on So how do you think the week will pan out Mark?
Well, I think if, as seems likely, Keir Starmer resigns tomorrow, he will probably set out some sort of a timetable for his departure. If he decides, now it would be a surprise if he resigns immediately.
How does Andy Burnham's leadership style differ from Starmer's?
If he does resign immediately, Labour Party's National Executive Committee and the Cabinet would put an interim prime minister in place. They would just pick somebody. But if he sets out a timetable, then the question is whether or not there is some sort of a contest. But I think anybody who goes up against Andy Burnham at this stage is probably going to lose. So I would imagine next week, if you're asking me to don my Mystic Meg hat, I think there'll probably be some sort of a deal done between Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting for a job for Wes Streeting.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the latest developments in Keir Starmer's premiership?
0:00–1:01
2
Who are the potential successors to Keir Starmer?
1:01–2:02
3
What is the current state of support for Keir Starmer within the Labour Party?
2:02–3:26
4
How does Andy Burnham's leadership style differ from Starmer's?
3:26–4:30
5
What challenges does Andy Burnham face as a potential leader?
4:30–5:02
6
How have recent political events affected public trust in the Labour Party?
5:02–6:21
7
What impact has Brexit had on the Labour Party's political landscape?
6:21–7:09
8
What are the implications of changing leadership for Labour's future?
7:09–53:46