Labour's Leadership Conspiracy - Phil Tinline

JOIN US ON SUBSTACK: substack.com/@wtfisleft Early Access to Ad-Free Extended Interviews Ask our Guests Questions LIVEs with Jovan + Freddie WL Book Club + Community Discussion Articles + Exclusive Content **********************************************The Labour leadership crisis has gone nuclear with Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigning this afternoon, after a week of intense speculation of a coup following Labour's local elections drubbing. We sat down with Phil Tinline, author of Ghosts of Iron Mountain and The Death of Consensus: 100 Years of British Political Nightmares, to dive deep into the chaos. Phil is an expert in both Labour history and conspiracy theories - coalescing here for a rich discussion on the polycrisis that has rendered the British state obsolete. How can Labour make the case that they aren’t the Tories, with infighting and psychodrama returning from 2022-3? Do bond market jitters await? Chapters00:00 Intro02:48 Britain's Permacrisis12:09 Starmer's Leadership Challenge20:53 Burnham's Manchesterism30:57 Politics Love of Conspiracy Theories39:04 Breakdown In Political Communication48:45 Who is Labour for after the AI revolution?56:35 British Cultural Identity1:05:40 Conspiracy Theory vs. Reality1:16:35 The Iron Mountain Conspiracy1:23:30 Who Believes Conspiracies?1:31:20 Reinvigorating the Social Contract1:34:30 Reform, Donations and Accountability