What America's first dictator could teach Keir Starmer

Although some Labour MPs are still fawning over Zohran Mamdani's victory in New York, they may be better off looking to a very different sort of American politician if they want lessons they can draw on in the attempt to recover the party's fortunes. Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator for the Times, is one of the UK's best connected and closest observers of Keir Starmer's government. And he's written this week about how Huey Long, the wildly controversial 1930s Louisiana populist, provides something of a model that Starmer could seek to emulate. He came into the News Agents studio to speak to Lewis about why... #keirstarmer #starmer #labour #labourparty #uk #ukpolitics #conservatives #kemibadenoch #reformuk #nigelfarage #louisiana #zohranmamdani #Podcast #UKPodcast #PoliticsPodcast #News #Politics #NewsAgents #EmilyMaitlis #JonSopel #lewisgoodall 0:00 – What should a Labour leader be? 5:06 – Is the media overstating Labour’s chaos? 10:03 – Starmer’s mandate problem & weak authority 15:12 – Why Labour feels so directionless in power 20:25 – Who was Huey Long — and why he matters now 25:40 – Populism, the middle class & Labour’s blind spot 30:55 – Why Labour misunderstands tradespeople & small business 36:05 – Labour’s PLP: Left-wing instincts in Blairite clothing 41:01 – Will Keir Starmer survive 2025? 46:15 – Why every PM now collapses faster than the last Download The News Agents with Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall from 5PM every weekday on Global Player: https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/42KuVj/