# How can Starmer’s cabinet look each other in the eye?

An episode of [Politics At Sam and Anne's](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1709628885), 19 May 2026, 20 min.

Audio: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/09681e19-c9b2-4bfe-b9b3-3a6cc0a01b15.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=e0c28668-b961-43cf-8d6c-6ba62ef8a7a3&aw_0_1st.episodeid=09681e19-c9b2-4bfe-b9b3-3a6cc0a01b15

Andy Burnham makes his opening pitch to the voters of Makerfield but is he already in campaign mode for PM, as well as MP? Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy discuss his launch video. Back in London, there’s a cabinet meeting this morning. Just how awkward will that be for Keir Starmer? Especially with those who were pushing him to have a plan to leave office. And what happens over the next few weeks in government if a minister has said that don’t want the PM and the PM doesn’t have confidence in a minister?

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