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May 21, 2026
Pod Save the UK
Starmer clings on, Burnham steps up w/ MP Nadia Whittome

In This Episode

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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USEFUL LINKS
@Femi_Sorry: Tommy Robinson supporters expose themselves so fast! – Unite The Kingdom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBdc_HsSA5Y

 

CLIP CREDITS
Femi Oluwole
Nigel Farage Interview: The Sun

 

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