Why U.K. conservatives need to imitate Canada: Full Comment podcast
The Growth Op
Tue, Aug 4
Key Points
- Andy Burnham becomes the UK’s seventh prime minister in a decade, amid widespread uncertainty about his political stance and longevity.
- Daniel Hannan and Brian Lilley analyze the causes behind the frequent turnover of UK prime ministers in recent years.
- The discussion includes the prospects of Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative and Nigel Farage’s Reform parties in challenging Labour’s dominance.
- Hannan suggests both parties should learn from Canada's Conservative party to effectively compete against Labour and improve Britain's political landscape.
British politics has become a farce, with Andy Burnham now the United Kingdom’s seventh prime minister in a decade. And no one knows what he really stands for or if he’ll even outlast the last six, as Daniel Hannan, head of the Institute of Economic Affairs and independent member of the House of Lords, tells Brian Lilley. They discuss the reason why so many prime ministers keep falling, and what the new Labour leader’s chances look like. They also get into the fates of Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative and Nigel Farage’s Reform parties, and why Hannan thinks they both need to take an important lesson from Canada’s Conservative party to beat Labour and start cleaning things up in Britain. (Recorded July 23, 2026.)