{"id":361693,"date":"2026-07-16T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-7-prime-ministers-in-10-years-is-nothing-new-for-the-uk-foursight\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:00:04","slug":"why-7-prime-ministers-in-10-years-is-nothing-new-for-the-uk-foursight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-7-prime-ministers-in-10-years-is-nothing-new-for-the-uk-foursight\/","title":{"rendered":"Why 7 prime ministers in 10 years is nothing new for the UK | FourSight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/98ANzo01XBA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why 7 prime ministers in 10 years is nothing new for the UK | FourSight\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/98ANzo01XBA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Keir Starmer is gone and now Andy Burnham is moving into Downing Street. That makes it seven prime ministers in just ten years, which has convinced a lot of people that the United Kingdom is in an unprecedented mess when it comes to politics.<\/p>\n<p>But, the UK has seen situations like this before &#8211; in fact, there have been four other times in the last two centuries when this many leaders came and went just as regularly.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of FourSight, Kiran Moodley looks back over 200 years of British history, to compare the chaos of the past to today&#8217;s mess and look at what is genuinely new and what has all the hallmarks of political crises so often seen before.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to historians Dr Robert Saunders from Queen Mary University of London and Professor Lucy Delap from University of Cambridge, Kiran reveals three forces that have helped drive Britain&#8217;s revolving door at No.10 for two centuries.<\/p>\n<p>And with Catherine Haddon of the Institute for Government, he asks the question the historians won&#8217;t touch: what might come next?<\/p>\n<p>Watch this to find out why our unprecedented \u2018political crisis\u2019 isn\u2019t so unprecedented at all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>CHAPTERS:<\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; Introduction: is the UK ungovernable?<br \/>\n01:08 &#8211; History says this is normal<br \/>\n01:44 &#8211; The 1920s vs. Today<br \/>\n02:40 &#8211; What&#8217;s driving this? Reason 1<br \/>\n05:38 &#8211; What&#8217;s driving this? Reason 2<br \/>\n09:37 &#8211; What&#8217;s driving this? Reason 3<br \/>\n11:34 &#8211; Democracy and adaptation<br \/>\n12:18 &#8211; What comes next?<br \/>\n13:01 &#8211; Interview: Catherine Haddon<br \/>\n15:13 &#8211; Opinion polls and short-termism<br \/>\n16:01 &#8211; Brexit: the cause or symptom of realignment?<br \/>\n17:47 &#8211; Is the two-party era really over?<br \/>\n18:58 &#8211; Thanks for watching<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keir Starmer is gone and now Andy Burnham is moving into Downing Street. 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