UK Prime Minister Musical Chairs
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🗓️ 23 June 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
It’s been 10 years since the UK voted to leave the European Union — a decision with major political implications that most of the country regrets. Since then, neither the Labour Party nor the Conservative Party have been able to keep a leader in power. Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigned his post – becoming the sixth prime minister to quit in the last ten years. For comparison’s sake, the UK had just two prime ministers between 1990 and 2007. So what’s going on in the UK — and who’s up next for prime minister? To find out, we spoke to Nish Kumar, co-host of Crooked Media’s Pod Save the UK.
And in headlines, the US and Iran make conflicting claims over whether or not Iran is welcoming U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites, the Pentagon asks the Senate for roughly $80 billion to help pay for the Iran war, and no one wants to name their babies Donald. I wonder why!
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| 0:00.0 | I'm sorry, I'm only laughing because it's a sort of incredulity of the tone of all of these questions. |
| 0:04.0 | And all of the questions are essentially, what? Why? How? |
| 0:07.7 | Which is genuinely, you're really articulating how a lot of people are feeling in the United Kingdom right now. |
| 0:13.1 | Like, it's kind of perfect. |
| 0:32.8 | I'm Jane Koston, and this is Waddey, the show watching a podcast between two people who have clearly never met and definitely haven't formed an intimate bond of any kind. |
| 0:33.5 | That's right. |
| 0:38.7 | Today's special reader is my husband, Vice President of the United States, J.D. Vance. |
| 0:42.0 | Thanks for joining us today, honey. Of course. Good to see you. |
| 0:52.9 | My mistake. That appears to be Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife, Ushavance. They have apparently been married for 12 years. |
| 0:55.8 | On today's show, we talk about the resignation of British Prime Minister, Kier Starmar, |
| 1:00.5 | and the wild world of British politics with Potsay of the UK's Nish Kumar. |
| 1:05.2 | Before we get into, all that, here's what we're following today. Tuesday, June 23rd. |
| 1:18.3 | Iranians are saying there's no scheduled visit for the IAE inspector. Is that part of your agreement? |
| 1:26.5 | They're wrong. They're wrong. They know they're wrong. They told us inside and we have it down 100% inspection. |
| 1:29.7 | And if they were right, I'd cancel the meetings right now. |
| 1:32.7 | President Donald Trump told reporters in Pennsylvania today that nuclear inspectors will be on the ground in Iran, |
| 1:35.5 | quote, at the appropriate time, even though there's, quote, no rush. |
| 1:41.8 | But there seemed to be some conflicting claims over whether or not Iran is welcoming |
| 1:46.5 | UN inspections of its nuclear sites. Vice President J.D. Vance said Monday that Iran had agreed |
| 1:52.1 | to let International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors back into the country. A spokesperson for |
| 1:57.9 | Iran's foreign ministry, however, told reporters that no visits were scheduled for the UN watchdog to examine Iranian nuclear sites bombed by the U.S. last year. |
| 2:06.5 | The IAEA has not responded to the AP's request for comment over its possible role. |
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