Is Birmingham 'Ungovernable?' And What Does It Say About The Rest Of The UK?

Is Birmingham 'Ungovernable?' And What Does It Say About The Rest Of The UK?

Is Birmingham the UK’s most ungovernable city? And what does the recent election tell is about politics in this country more widely? In the recent elections, when the entire Council was up, Labour lost control, winning just 17 seats of the 101 seats; Reform emerged as the largest party with 23 with the Greens coming second with 19 seats… So no party has a majority; Reform has acknowledged that it won’t find enough coalition partners; Labour has said it wants time to reflect on the result and rebuild trust with voters, making a partnership between The Greens,Lib Dems and a block of mostly pro Gaza independents the likeliest coalition to run Britain’s biggest local authority. It sounds like a recipe for chaos in a city where bin workers have been on strike for more than a year… Adrian Goldberg hears from Mike Olley a former Labour councillor who runs the Midlands Grit substack and Corinne Fowler, a newly elected Green councillor in the city… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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25 Jun 23min

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Adrian Goldberg discusses the extent to which the identity and political views of Andy Burnham - hotly tipped to be the next PM - have been shaped by his association with football. There are contribut...

24 Jun 31min

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19 Jun 28min

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