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Miatta Fahnbulleh

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2026-05-15
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  1. “Well, it wasn't just local elections. Wales, we have held for 100 years and we lost catastrophically. Scotland, we have lost catastrophically. And it's not for me, it's not about the losing of the seat. It's bigger than this. You know, I think we are at an absolutely critical time in the country. I'm terrified by where politics is going. People are angry and they are frustrated and they want change and they want disruption. And look, there will be people who support reform, but for me as a black woman that represents a really diverse community, I am terrified of that prospect. So for me, it isn't just midterm blues. I think the stakes are too high. Our kind of politics is, for me, at risk, the kind of progressive politics I have always believed in. And so my view is you've got to speak up and you've got to act.”

    2026-05-15 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · Why the PM has to go: Miatta Fahnbulleh on being the first minister to break with Starmer · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  2. “Will not support you unless there is that change. And, you know, it's important if you're representing that you listen, but I think it validated things that I was worried about. And, you know, my approach was to have the conversations privately. I've always done it that way, to communicate the messages privately. But it got to the point that I don't think those messages were being heard and I just thought, you know what? I need to say my piece.”

    2026-05-15 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · Why the PM has to go: Miatta Fahnbulleh on being the first minister to break with Starmer · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  3. “So I think it kind of validated what I was worried about. I think the bit that really struck me was just the depths of anger and disappointment and how much of it was attributable to the Prime Minister in a way that, to be honest, I don't think is fair. And I've spent a lot of time trying to understand and sort of rationalize it. And I think in part, there was so much hope. You know, people were so ground down and so fed up by the end of the Tory days. And there was so much hope when we came in. And Pack him as a Labour place had been a Labour place no longer. And our voters were like, our Labour Party's back in. And it was that dashed hope. It was the disappointment. And I think it has all crystallized unfairly in my view, but that's the reality of politics in one person. So I think the scale and depths of anger, the breach of trust, the lack of confidence. You know, I had conversation after conversation with people just saying.”

    2026-05-15 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · Why the PM has to go: Miatta Fahnbulleh on being the first minister to break with Starmer · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  4. “Were some pretty brutal conversations on the doorstep and anyone that knows Peckham knows that we are an amazing community and people don't hold back and they tell you what they think and they're pretty forthright about it and that's the beauty of it. So there were some pretty tough messages that were sent and it was quite hard to send that and just put a pin on it and pretend you didn't hear it. And so it in some respects validated things I was thinking about and worried about.”

    2026-05-15 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · Why the PM has to go: Miatta Fahnbulleh on being the first minister to break with Starmer · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  5. “Look, it is a tough, tough decision. And it's a really personal one. And I think for me, it's twofold. You know, you're part of a team and don't underestimate it. You know, that set of colleagues, you're all trying to work together to do something for the country. And at that point, when you walk away, you are walking away from that team. And, you know, to walk away in order to criticize a boss, that's quite a thing to do. So, you know, I wrestled with it. I sort of knew in my gut it was the right thing to do. I sort of made sure I talked to my husband about it and he was like, really? You really want to do this? And I was like, I think it's the thing I have to do. I talk to my best friend about it. And in the end, you know, for me, it was twofold. It was my constituents sent a really clear message and I felt I needed to communicate that message. But it was also, you know, I've had the pleasure of sort of being around the table with the Prime Minister. And I didn't think...”

    2026-05-15 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · Why the PM has to go: Miatta Fahnbulleh on being the first minister to break with Starmer · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source