The TLDR News Podcast
Hosted by Ben and Georgina · TLDR News
4.9from 274 ratings
- 118
- Episodes
- 1
- Transcribed
- 274
- Ratings
- 2022
- First episode
About The TLDR News Podcast
Your fortnightly UK politics podcast from TLDR News. Join writers Ben Blissett and Georgina Findlay for a discussion about the Labour government, Keir Starmer’s cabinet, and other underreported stories. Published every other Friday. Pre-order the next edition of Too Long, TLDR’s print magazine, using the code 'TOOPODCAST' for £2 off any order: https://toolong.news/ (https://toolong.news/)
- Publisher
- TLDR News
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Sept 2022
- Latest episode
- 21 Jul 2026
Latest episodes
1 of 118 episodes have a transcript.
21 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Is Burnham Labour's Trump?
Published 21 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I feel like that is I feel part of it was the political reality though, right? That like they had to, I think if it looked likely that Streeting stood even a chance of beating Burnham, I think he probably would have stood. It was just the political reality that that was never going to happen. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 18 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 256 ratings
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- 85
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 95
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