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Are the Politics of Climate Change Going Out of Fashion?

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BBC

News, Daily News, Politics

4.36.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Today we look at why Labour has U-turned on £28 billion of green spending ahead of the next general election and how attitudes towards climate policies have shifted in recent years.

Paddy and Laura also discuss the upcoming by-elections in Kingswood and Wellingborough and what voters in both constituencies are most concerned about.

And, why has Labour leader Keir Starmer appeared on the cover of Vogue?

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Today's Newscast was presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by George Dabby with Madeleine Drury. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The senior news editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

0:04.6

Oh, God.

0:08.0

So I've crashed in late, my earpiece going all over the place,

0:11.0

but enough about me, there's a huge photograph we

0:13.4

must discuss. There are two look here's another one. Okay so what are you holding up?

0:20.5

So I am holding for those who are listening and not watching a large

0:24.4

picture of Hirstammer and his wife Vic as he calls her. This is one of the photos

0:31.0

from Hirstammer's vogue photo shoot and you are holding a One of the photos from Hear Starmers, Vogue Photoshop

0:33.4

and you are holding a single shot of him.

0:36.1

He looks like he's modeling fleeces.

0:38.3

But actually, it's all very well to mock.

0:41.3

I've never been in Vogue have you been in vogue?

0:45.2

I must push you for an answer.

0:50.3

Yes.

0:51.3

Wow well look there's a lot going on here. I mean, why shouldn't he be in vogue the leader of the opposition?

0:57.0

I'm not saying for a single second, and actually it's an election year.

1:00.0

Clearly, every politician needs capital P publicity and doing a big long interview in vogue as they've done and some pictures which look like they're somewhere in North London and up on a hill.

1:10.0

Yeah, I mean I suppose you think well why not all publicity is good publicity theoretically

1:14.4

also you and Henry schooled me in a few weekends ago yes that we're going to look out for an election

1:20.9

campaign with people on Good Morning Britain with you know

1:23.7

splashes in foreign magazine everywhere all over the place and actually we've

1:28.1

seen some of that this week haven't we you know the PM's been popping up all over the

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