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This week on Stop The Press!, Rob, Nick and Bill are joined by Tessa Tucker, former Conservative Party candidate for Exeter, to ask a question that increasingly feels unavoidable:

Is Britain becoming ungovernable?

As Westminster descends further into personality politics, support or not support a by-election, and the potential for not only a leadership challenge but a general election, the country faces mounting pressure on almost every front. Stagnant growth, overstretched public services, collapsing trust in institutions, rising immigration tensions, and a public that appears angrier and more fragmented than ever.

Is this simply the latest chapter in Britain’s long political decline, or evidence of a deeper governance crisis affecting the entire system?

The team and Tessa explore:

• Whether modern Britain has become too divided to govern effectively
• Why public trust in politicians and institutions has collapsed
• The rise of performative politics over serious leadership
• Whether the media fuels instability or merely reflects it
• How social media, outrage culture and 24-hour news cycles have changed politics forever
• Why both Labour and the Conservatives appear trapped in short-term thinking
• Whether Britain’s political culture itself is now part of the problem

A frank conversation about leadership, media, culture and whether the UK is entering a period of permanent political dysfunction.