{"id":366229,"date":"2026-07-31T16:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/intensely-unpopular-was-keir-starmer-doomed-from-the-start-electoral-dysfunction\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T15:00:34","slug":"intensely-unpopular-was-keir-starmer-doomed-from-the-start-electoral-dysfunction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/intensely-unpopular-was-keir-starmer-doomed-from-the-start-electoral-dysfunction\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Intensely unpopular\u2019: Was Keir Starmer doomed from the start? | Electoral Dysfunction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/WT9rxjaeoOc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Intensely unpopular\u2019: Was Keir Starmer doomed from the start? | Electoral Dysfunction\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WT9rxjaeoOc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Beth Rigby and Harriet Harman dive into what went wrong for Sir Keir Starmer \u2013 and why the public turned against him so quickly.  <\/p>\n<p>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.  <\/p>\n<p>Plus \u2013 why has the Labour party waited so long for a female leader, and is a woman-only shortlist the answer?  <\/p>\n<p>Got a question for the burner phone? 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