# The Circus is Here: Labour Implodes | The Counter-Insurgency

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Published: 2026-05-14T15:50:00+00:00
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👉 Listen to the full episode on Substack: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com. Steve Baker is joined by Harry Richer (Director of Fighting for a Free Future), Laura Dunn, and Eve Lug to discuss Labour's chaotic leadership crisis and whether Keir Starmer's premiership is finally coming to an end. The panel examines why Britain appears ungovernable, debating whether the problem lies with Labour's incompetence and exposed flanks or with the failing model of the managerial state itself. Thumbnail image: Thumbnail image contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Photo: Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3). Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prime_Minister_Keir_Starmer_hosts_first_Cabinet.jpg.

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