EPISODE · Jun 23, 2026 · 57 MIN

7 prime ministers in 10 years

from The New Statesman Podcast, Subscriber Only Edition

Yesterday morning Keir Starmer resigned as prime minister. Today is the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum. Britain will soon welcome its seventh prime minister in a decade. Are the two events connected? Or is country's instability rooted further back in history? Editor-in-chief Tom McTague joins Oli Dugmore.

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