Electoral Dysfunction

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Jess Phillips joins Beth Rigby to reflect on her time as a minister under Keir Starmer.
And she asks whether Andy Burnham can fulfil the Labour manifesto commitment to halve violence against women and girls in a decade. Are disinterested government departments to blame for slow progress?
Plus, why did Gaza nearly cost Jess her Birmingham Yardley seat, and will the row over Labour’s policy in the Middle East continue to plague inner-city MPs?
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Beth Rigby and Harriet Harman dive into what went wrong for Sir Keir Starmer – and why the public turned against him so quickly.
And Harriet asks if the Labour party might, in retrospect, have been able to ride out those disastrous local election results without changing its leader.
Plus – why has the Labour party waited so long for a female leader, and is a woman-only shortlist the answer?
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And here's a taster of this week's bonus episode.
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In appointing his new cabinet Andy Burnham has removed many of Keir Starmer's faithfuls, including previously key figures like Rachel Reeves and Darren Jones.
And critics feel 'traitors' who had tried to destabilise the recently departed PM are being rewarded for their disloyalty.
Former Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, called for Starmer to go back in February. Now he's off to the Lords for a ministerial job under Burnham.
At the Electoral Dysfunction Round Table, Beth Rigby asks Harriet Harman and Ruth Davidson how Burnham can deal with the bad blood his choices have created. Harriet wants him to 'build bridges' with those he ousted.
We also have lots of questions from Dysfunctioners about a big political week.
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We didn't get details of Andy Burnham's top team until most people had gone to bed... so why did it take so long?
Beth, Jess, Harriet and Ruth discuss whether some ministers negotiated for different jobs – and whether nobody wanted to be justice secretary.
Harriet also has stern words for "bitter" former cabinet ministers who are criticising the new government from the sidelines.
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We're in a transition as Andy Burnham becomes Labour leader three days before he becomes Prime Minister.
In Ukraine, Beth Rigby asks the outgoing PM, Keir Starmer, about why he chose to see President Zelenskyy on his final foreign trip.
Ruth Davidson and Harriet Harman hold the Electoral Dysfunction fort back home.
They weigh up whether Burnham should favour ability over popularity in his new cabinet - and consider how the polls are going for Burnham's own approval rating as he prepares to enter Number 10, with the help of Sky News' election analyst Rob Ford.
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