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The Hello and welcome to another episode of Interregnum, PTO's show within a show with Richard Seymour.

In today's episode, we talked about the ongoing crisis within the Labour

Party following the resignation of Morgan McSweeney over the appointment of Geoffrey Epstein

Associate Peter Mandelson to the position of US Ambassador. We talked about why the Parliamentary

Labour Party have, for the moment, step back from trying to oust Kirstama, whether a soft left turn from the

government is now conceivable, and we went on to discuss just how devastating the ongoing

revelations about Peter Mandelson might prove to be for the government, and about the broader

crisis of legitimacy, facing the British state and its key institutions. Although in the conversation we touch on the royal

family and the various accusations against Andrew Windsor, the episode was recorded before his

arrest and also before the news was announced that Global Council, the lobbying company co-founded

by Peter Mandelson, is to be taken into administration. If you find today's episode useful,

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Sir Richard, following the forced resignation of Morgan McSweeney, Keir Stammer's Chief of Staff, we saw Stammer's cabinet come out in this coordinated show of support for the embattled and, you know, very much publicly despised Prime Minister.

Angela Rainer, no longer in the cabinet, of course, but widely expected to be a candidate in any leadership contest, also expressed her support, as did the Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham,

which seemed especially preposterous since he's very obviously angling for a return to parliament

in order to unseat Stama. My assumption, and I imagine yours too, is that those pledges of support

were made because the respective leadership candidates just, you know,

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