Show Notes
Labour is in freefall. After catastrophic local election results - losing 38 councils, nearly 1,500 councillors, their worst-ever showing in Scotland, and a devastating collapse in Wales after 27 years in power - Keir Starmer is clinging to power.
Cabinet ministers are briefing against him, and Health Secretary Wes Streeting has already briefed allies that he'll launch a formal leadership challenge. The question is no longer if Starmer goes - but when.
Chris Pleasance is joined by the Mail Online's Political Editor James Tapsfield, reporting live from the corridors of Westminster, to untangle the chaotic sequence of WhatsApp rows, 16-minute meetings and backbench rebellions that brought us here. Who can actually replace Starmer? Can Andy Burnham get back into Parliament in time? And is whoever comes next simply inheriting a poisoned chalice?
Host: Chris Pleasance Guest: James Tapsfield Producers: Joseph Palmer and John Rogers A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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