176 - Why Everything Feels Broken | James Price
Published: April 3, 2026
Duration: 1:17:38
“When Starmer came in in 2024, how many people across the entire British state changed jobs?
Two hundred. One hundred ministers… and one hundred special advisors… And that’s it. And everybody else in that deep state stayed exactly the same.”
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Timothy Allen sits down with James Price, former UK government adviser and political commentator, for a wide-ranging conversation on what it’s really like inside the machinery of the modern state.
Drawing on his experience at the heart of government, James offers a candid perspective on why many institutions are increasingly...