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As Keir Starmer clings on to his premiership, there’s one man continuing his victory laps. Nigel Farage’s party Reform UK was the big winner in last week’s local elections, picking up more than 1,450 council seats. So, what’s behind this? Is this just a blip – or the start of a new phase of British politics?

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Guest: Lara Spirit, deputy political editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producers: Callum Martin, Sophie McNulty.
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Read more: New Reform councillor suspended after racist posts emerge
Further listening: “Keir Starmer couldn’t run a bath.” What next for Labour?
Clips: BBC, Manchester Evening News, LBC, Reform UK, APT.
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An extraordinary day in British politics: Keir Starmer vows to fight on, but the resignations keep on coming. How long can the prime minister survive? What's next, and who will move first? Wes Streeting has one shot: will he take it? What is Andy Burnham's plan?

Recorded at Temple Church as part of the Fleet Street Quarter Festival of Words.

Hosts:
Steven Swinford, political editor, The Times
Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator, The Times
Gabriel Pogrund, editor of Insight, The Sunday Times

Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson
Executive producer: Molly Guinness
Picture credit: Getty Images

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Republican voters across the United States are rejecting ultra-processed foods, marking a striking political and cultural shift. But, how did the ‘bread basket of America’ get so ultra-processed in the first place? And is this the moment Big Food faces a reckoning?

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Guest: Louise Callaghan, Americas correspondent, The Sunday Times
Host: Luke Jones
Producer: Sophie McNulty
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Read more: How Maga fell out of love with fast food
Further listening: The momfluencers embracing ‘Make America Healthy Again’
Clips: Robert F Kennedy Jr. - YouTube, The White House, Fox News, Charles McCall - Instagram, The Internet Archive, US National Archives, Pringles - YouTube.
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More than 50 MPs have publicly urged Keir Starmer either to resign immediately or set out a timetable for his departure as PM, after he made a speech this morning attempting to save his premiership after last week’s disastrous election results. So has he done enough to prove the doubters wrong for now?

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Guests:
Anna Mikhailova, political editor, Times Radio.
Steve Reed, Housing Secretary.
Host: John Pienaar.
Producer: Edward Drummond, Sandra Mitchell.
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Read more: Rebel MP gathers names calling for resignation
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Labour suffered historic losses in Thursday’s elections, triggering dozens of the party’s MPs to call for Keir Starmer’s resignation. And yet, even with the party in disarray, the PM has so far remained defiant. So, can he survive? And what do the election results tell us about the country’s political future?

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Guest: Aubrey Allegretti, chief political correspondent, The Times
Host: Manveen Rana
Producers: Sophie McNulty, Dave Creasey
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Read more: Challenge Keir Starmer by Monday or I will, Labour MP tells cabinet
Further listening: Reform shake Labour to its core
Clips: BBC, ITN, Times Radio, The Times
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