The Worst PM In History? Reacting To Starmer's Resignation Speech

Last episode we said Starmer was finished. Recording this one two days after he stood outside Number 10 and resigned. What we didn't predict is that the entire 400-plus Labour MPs sitting in the Commons would look around the room and decide none of them were up to the job. So in walks Andy Burnham. Unchallenged. No leadership contest. No policies on the table. A guy who hasn't been in Westminster politics for fifteen years, about to become Prime Minister because nobody else fancied a go. Chris is back from six weeks in Spain. We get into: The resignation speech itself. The economy growing, employment up, kids out of poverty. If you're that good, why are you walking. The gaslighting that's becoming the whole job description. Whether Liz Truss was actually worse. Forty-eight days vs two years. We can't agree. The Andy Bunkman nickname and the 4.5 million quid EV charging tender his wife's company picked up while he was Mayor. Same playbook, different suit. Two-tier policing. The Henry Novak handcuffing. The Manchester Airport CCTV. A kid throws a brick and gets sentenced in a week. Three policemen kicked unconscious and the case takes two years to drop. We say what we see. Oxford County Council banning the St George's flag in case it upsets migrants. World Cup on. Flags should be coming out. Instead we're being told to put them away. Liz Truss is still on £160,000 a year from the taxpayer. Forty-eight days as PM. Salary for life. Now you know why everyone wants the top job. Burnham's likely cabinet. Why Wes Streeting probably gets Chancellor. Why Angela Rayner might be back. Why the Green Party can never be allowed near a coalition. Then the lighter stuff: Spanish weddings averaging twenty-five to thirty grand and the trick couples are now using to cut the guest list. Why some brides spend the same as a small house deposit on one day. The organised wedding dance trend that needs to die in a fire. Chris's first wedding song was secretly about heroin. He kept that quiet for thirty years. The £40,000 Marbella villa wedding that was actually worth every penny. The £4,000 wedding that wasn't. World Cup chat. England's Croatia game vs the Ghana shocker. A shoutout to Cape Verde, who got a draw against Uruguay with a 41 year old goalkeeper. The hydration breaks that are basically a $300 million advertising slot, and the petty FIFA sponsorship rules that made Levi's cover their own stadium logo with a white sheet. We're going weekly until Chris flies back to Spain on 6 July. Comment your World Cup predictions and your wedding horror stories below. Where Common Sense Fails. Honest commentary on a country that doesn't make much of it. 00:00 Chris is back from Spain 03:00 €7 Spanish breakfast vs £25 Starbucks: rip-off Britain 06:30 The Spanish way: shut the shop when you've made your number 09:30 The corporate ladder and the £5 million question 12:30 Weddings: why £30,000 for one day 16:30 The organised dance trend that needs to die 17:30 Chris's first wedding song was secretly about heroin 20:00 £40k Marbella vs £4k pub wedding: which won 24:00 Reacting to Starmer's resignation speech 26:00 Liz Truss vs Starmer: who was actually worse 27:30 Andy Burnham walks in unchallenged 30:00 Brewster's Millions and Count Binface 33:30 The Andy Bunkman nickname and the £4.5m tender 34:00 What Burnham needs to do in his first 100 days 38:30 Two-tier policing: Henry Novak and Manchester Airport 40:30 Oxford Council and the St George's flag 42:00 Why every politician wants the top job: salary for life 46:00 Burnham's cabinet predictions 48:00 World Cup 2026: England, Cape Verde and the 41 year old keeper 53:30 The $300 million hydration break advert maths 55:00 FIFA petty: Levi's Stadium covered with a white sheet 58:00 Going weekly until Chris flies back #WhereCommonSenseFails #StarmerResignation #AndyBurnham #UKPolitics #WorldCup2026 #CostOfLiving #PodcastUK #BritishPolitics