{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/688b6e2f6bbbf6afc75a34d1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Britain's summer of discontent | Cover Story with Anoosh Chakelian","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/1753967838802-d0bb8757-a264-485a-a7f5-b4d6271b1517.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Asylum protests. NHS strikes. A faltering economy. Is the Labour government facing a summer of discontent?</p><p><br></p><p>Last year, riots sparked by the brutal murder of three young girls at a dance class in Southport rocked the UK. Rioters targeted hotels housing asylum seekers, wrongly connecting the murders to Muslim immigration. Now, asylum protests persist.</p><p><br></p><p>At the same time, the government faces strike action from NHS doctors, a struggling economy and political threats from both left and right.</p><p><br></p><p>Rachel Cunliffe is joined by Anoosh Chakelian and George Eaton.</p><p><br></p><p>Read: <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/2025/07/one-year-on-tensions-still-circle-britains-asylum-seeker-hotels\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">One year on, tensions still circle Britain’s asylum-seeker hotels</a>; <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/07/labours-summer-of-discontent\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Labour’s summer of discontent</a></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}