Starmer on the brink after May 7 mauling

NB: This episode was recorded *before* Wes Streeting resigned and Josh Simons stood aside for Andy Burnham

After crushing defeats across the UK last week for Keir Starmer, dozens of Labour MPs have called for him to announce he will not lead the party into the next election, and to set out a timetable to go as Prime Minister.

But despite several ministerial resignations he has remained resolute that no contest has been triggered and he will remain in post, and fight any challenger who gets the nominations to stand against him.

To discuss what has brought us here, and where Labour - and therefore the country - goes next, host Alain Tolhurst is joined by Calder Valley MP Josh Fenton-Glynn, one of those calling for an ‘orderly transition’ to another leader, alongside Steve Akehurst, director of research firm Persuasion UK, as well as Sienna Rodgers, deputy editor of The House magazine, and  Ryan Wain, senior director at the Tony Blair Institute.

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Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton and edited by Ewan Cameron for Podot