{"podcast":{"title":"The Story","slug":"the-story-26954","podcast_index_feed_id":26954,"rss_url":"https://rss.acast.com/storiesofourtimes","website_url":"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/the-story","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1758841002471-a9576d61-36b6-4b4b-9aa8-e495cf468878.jpeg","author":"The Times","episode_count":1846,"summary":"The biggest stories, told in depth, daily. Join the world's best journalists to uncover what really matters. Hosted by Manveen Rana and Luke Jones. Published seven days a week and ready for you every morning. The Story is brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T04:19:37.461858+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954"},"episode":{"title":"Has Britain become ungovernable?","slug":"has-britain-become-ungovernable","published_at":"2026-05-21T00:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954/has-britain-become-ungovernable","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954","url":"https://shows.acast.com/storiesofourtimes/episodes/has-britain-become-ungovernable","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/storiesofourtimes/e/6a0dc2ffd7997e788cec15ef/media.mp3","summary":"With Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership on the brink, the revolving door of Number 10 feels like it has never been more pronounced. But is this true? Why is Britain burning through leaders at record speed? And has the country become fundamentally ungovernable? This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory Guest: Josh Glancy, associate editor, The Sunday Times Host: Luke Jones Producer: Sophie McNulty, Colette Fountain We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com Read more: Seven PMs in ten years? How British politics got into this mess Further listening: Labour’s Brexit conundrum  Clips:  BBC, 10 Downing Street - YouTube, The Guardian, Keir Starmer - Facebook, The Independent, Times Radio, Pharos Foundation, UK Parliament Photo: Getty Images. This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe  here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"With Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership on the brink, the revolving door of Number 10 feels like it has never been more pronounced. But is this true? Why is B…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1894,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-story-26954/episodes/has-britain-become-ungovernable/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954/has-britain-become-ungovernable.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}