British politics are in a state of profound instability with the Labour Party facing an internal revolt. Political commentator Owen Jones offers a diagnosis of a movement at a crossroads, citing institutional decay and electoral fragmentation.

At a moment of profound instability in British politics, with the Labour Party engulfed by internal revolt, François Picard welcomes Owen Jones, British author, Guardian columnist and political commentator. He offers an unsparing diagnosis of a political movement at a crossroads. “The country is in political turmoil,” Jones declares at the outset. What follows is not merely commentary on a leadership race, but a wider analysis of institutional decay and electoral fragmentation.