The UK’s PM Resigns With a People-Friendly Andy Burnham Poised to Replace Him
We begin with today’s resignation of Sir Keir Starmer as the UK’s Prime Minister and assess his likely replacement Andy Burnham, a popular and people-friendly politician who just soundly defeated a far-right Reform Party candidate to win his seat for Labour. Joining us is Polly Toynbee, a columnist for The Guardian who was formerly BBC social affairs editor, columnist and associate editor of the Independent, co-editor of the Washington Monthly and a reporter and feature writer for The Observer. She is the author of many books including Dismembered: How the attack on the state harms us all and An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals and her latest article at The Guardian we discuss is “As Starmer eyes the exit. Here’s a lesson for Andy Burnham: First impressions are everything.”
Why Did Republican Senators Confirm a Russian-Friendly Asset to Head U.S. Intel Who Took Her Marching Orders From a Homophobic, Islamophobe, Tinfoil-Wrapped Cult Guru?
Then we examine Jon Swaine’s explosive article at The Washington Post “Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career.” Joining us is Karen Greenberg, an international studies fellow at New America foundation, a fellow at NYU Law School’s Reiss Center for Security, and a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations, as well as the cohost of the Spytalk podcast. She is the author of Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State, Subtle Tools: The Dismantling of American Democracy from the War on Terror to Donald Trump, and Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a National Security Issue, co-authored with Julian Zelizer. We will investigate why every Republican senator voted to confirm a Russian-friendly possible asset who took her marching orders from a homophobic, Islamophobe, tinfoil-wrapped cult guru.
The Crooks in Congress in Crypto’s Corner
Then finally we speak with Timi Iwayemi, an Assistant Director at the Revolving Door Project where he leads much of their work on accountability, financial regulation, climate finance, congressional oversight and trade policy issues. He is the co-founder of Policy Vault Africa, an online repository of government policies in Africa. He has a new report at the Revolving Door Project we discuss, “Who’s in Crypto’s Corner?”