How ruthless is Keir Starmer willing to be? w/ Anushka Asthana and Josh Babarinde MP

How ruthless is Keir Starmer willing to be? w/ Anushka Asthana and Josh Babarinde MP

Author: Pod Save the UK October 17, 2024 Duration: 52:44
With just two weeks to go until the Autumn budget, the Labour government is preparing to make some huge reforms. But just how ruthless is Keir Starmer willing to be in reshaping the UK? Coco and Nish dig into it with Anushka Asthana, ITV’s political editor and author of “Taken as Red: How Labour won big and the Tories crashed the party”. Later, in the wake of the Tories latest round of madness, Liberal Democrat MP Josh Babarinde calls in from parliament to discuss how the Government can be held to account in the absence of a sane opposition. And speaking of political ruthlessness, we find out why Labour are demanding a police investigation into the Monster Raving Loony Party’s role in unseating Labour MP Jonathan Ashworth in Leicester South.  Useful links: Taken as Red: How Labour won big and the Tories crashed the party.  Guests:  Anushka Asthana  Josh Babarinde MP    Pod Save the UK is a Reduced Listening production for Crooked Media. Contact us via email: PSUK@reducedlistening.co...

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