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The News Agents

Another pledge broken: will Starmer face a backlash from his party?

The News Agents

Global

News, Daily News, Government, Politics

4.15.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

What's happening to Keir Starmer's policies? Yesterday he ditched another one, confirming that he would maintain the Conservative austerity policy that saw child benefit scrapped after two children.

Cue major backlash - and today a resignation from a Labour mayor (famously no fan of Starmer) citing too many broken promises from the leader. Meanwhile, Keir is warming to his theme of fiscal prudence. Is it enough to convince people that Labour has a fresh promise?

Later, we look at the resurgence of the morality police in Iran - over women who've ditched their head coverings. Is it a sign of confidence in the draconian regime - or are they losing their grip on the public ?

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:08.2

This is a global player original podcast.

0:11.6

Kirstama and his team have got to show some clear water, some clear red water between themselves and the Daily Mail and the Telegraph and themselves and the Conservatives.

0:21.6

And at the minute, many people can't spot the difference.

0:24.3

And that's a shame for somebody who's probably as talented as Kirstarmer is.

0:28.5

He's got to show that he's on the side of working people and progressive politics.

0:33.1

And I don't think we're seeing that.

0:34.4

That was Mick Lynch.

0:35.5

He's the RMT leader.

0:36.9

And he was speaking on

0:37.7

Sophie Ridges Sunday morning show on Sky yesterday. And he's asking Kirstama in words of pretty much

0:45.4

one syllable, what he's about, where the differences between what he hates now in terms of

0:52.1

the Conservative government and what he's promising tomorrow in terms of the Conservative government, and what he's promising tomorrow

0:55.0

in terms of what Labour will deliver.

0:58.0

Mick Lynch, of course, and his RMT union are no longer affiliated to the Labour Party.

1:03.0

So on one level, Kirstama can just shrug his shoulders and say, I'm going to ignore whatever

1:07.1

you say.

1:07.6

But does Mick Lynch represent a more widespread view that Labor, we know

1:15.0

what it doesn't stand for, but not quite sure what it does. Welcome to the news agents.

1:24.2

The Newsagents. It's John. It's Emily.

1:33.4

And later in the podcast, a fascinating interview about the situation in Iran today where the morality police are restarting patrols to check that women have got their hijabs on correctly

1:40.1

and fully covering their face.

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