
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


British politics is in full-on meltdown mode. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lost a series of key votes on Brexit, AND his parliamentary majority. He’s now seeking a general election in mid-October to let British voters decide whether Brexit should happen, come what may, at the end of next month. But will the Labour opposition agree to a snap poll? Stephen Sackur interviews former Labour cabinet minister Lord Falconer. Is Labour in any fit state to win an election amid Britain’s Brexit chaos?
By BBC World Service4.4
327327 ratings
British politics is in full-on meltdown mode. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lost a series of key votes on Brexit, AND his parliamentary majority. He’s now seeking a general election in mid-October to let British voters decide whether Brexit should happen, come what may, at the end of next month. But will the Labour opposition agree to a snap poll? Stephen Sackur interviews former Labour cabinet minister Lord Falconer. Is Labour in any fit state to win an election amid Britain’s Brexit chaos?

7,794 Listeners

4,187 Listeners

379 Listeners

526 Listeners

1,072 Listeners

378 Listeners

1,021 Listeners

304 Listeners

5,472 Listeners

1,820 Listeners

968 Listeners

1,816 Listeners

1,042 Listeners

2,061 Listeners

738 Listeners

50 Listeners

851 Listeners

3,217 Listeners

761 Listeners

1,045 Listeners

151 Listeners

362 Listeners