Labour, u ok hun? - podcast

After a week of speculation and gossip, Thursday seemed to be the day the Labour leadership contest really took off. Officially though, Keir Starmer is still in place … and not going anywhere. Guardian columnist Rafael Behr talks through a frantic day that started with Wes Streeting’s resignation as health secretary and ended with the very real possibility of his rival – Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham – returning to parliament. But what, asks Nosheen Iqbal , do the runners and riders actually stand for? And is there any evidence they could take Labour out of the mess it’s in now? Photograph: Thomas Krych/Zuma/Alamy