Episode
Sir Keir Starmer puts an end to leadership speculation
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- The Radio National Hour
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- Jun 22, 2026
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- 3299
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Summary
The crowds of reporters outside No.10 Downing Street this morning could only mean one thing. Sir Keir Starmer has resigned as Prime Minister - the sixth to bow out in ten years. His most likely successor? The so-called King from the North, Andy Burnham. Sir Keir’s biographer Tom Baldwin says the revolving door is a sign of a political system in crisis. Negotiations between the US and Iran are already breaking down with walkouts, military threats and regional tensions flaring – just as a fragile deal appeared within reach. But with the Gulf States potentially having to foot the bill for Donald Trump’s promised $300 billion dollar reconstruction offer for Iran, just how ready are they to actually go along with this plan? A private member’s bill giving new meaning to the expression pushing up daisies. It’s called human composting, an ecological alternative to tradition burials. New South Wales Alex Greenwich is part of a group trying to bring this technology down under, so to speak.