{"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":"Have PM resignations become a new British disease?","slug":"have-pm-resignations-become-a-new-british-disease","published_at":"2026-06-23T00:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954/have-pm-resignations-become-a-new-british-disease","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954","url":"https://shows.acast.com/storiesofourtimes/episodes/have-pm-resignations-become-a-new-british-disease","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/storiesofourtimes/e/6a395a5a9c43d66bc018cc70/media.mp3","summary":"Sir Keir Starmer resigned as prime minister yesterday morning, clearing the way for Andy Burnham to take the top job. But how did a leader who won a historic landslide election just 2 years ago become the shortest serving Labour prime minister in history? Is Burnham offering anything fundamentally different? And with 7 leaders in the past 10 years, have prime ministerial resignations become a new British disease?  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. Producers: Sophie McNulty, Harry Bligh. We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com Read more: In the end, Keir Starmer surrendered to the politics he failed to change Further listening: Keir Starmer resigns. Andy Burnham prepares for power. Clips: BBC, Sky News, Forbes.  Photo: Getty Images. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Sir Keir Starmer resigned as prime minister yesterday morning, clearing the way for Andy Burnham to take the top job. But how did a leader who won a histo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1829,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-story-26954/episodes/have-pm-resignations-become-a-new-british-disease/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/have-pm-resignations-become-a-new-british-disease.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}