Behind the Scenes of Labour's Path To Power
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at a new book about what went on behind the scenes during Labour’s rise to power. Journalists and authors of Get In, Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire, join Laura and Paddy to explain how the party went from a crushing defeat in 2019 to a decisive victory in 2024 - and all the pitfalls and schemes that played out along the way.
Plus, Laura and Paddy discuss the global reaction to Donald Trump following through on his campaign pledge to hit Canada, Mexico and China with tariff rises. The President says the tax hikes are in retaliation for what he see’s as a lack of action on immigration and drug trafficking between the countries’ borders.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Right, so we're doing an unusual show today. |
| 0:06.8 | There's no Henry because we're going to do a scoop from two great journalists who will meet in a moment. |
| 0:11.5 | More than one scoops. |
| 0:12.9 | Scoops a go-go, I might even say. |
| 0:14.5 | But it's a different Sunday because we're doing that, |
| 0:16.5 | but also because we're sitting next to each other. |
| 0:17.8 | We have because we're going to reveal our two guests in a moment. |
| 0:20.8 | Have you done any acting in your life? |
| 0:22.7 | Badly, yeah. |
| 0:24.0 | Right, me too. |
| 0:24.7 | I was Oliver, my voice broke. |
| 0:26.7 | On stage while you were saying, please, can I have some more? |
| 0:30.6 | So there's a story about an actor coaching the Prime Minister, which we're going to talk about. |
| 0:36.1 | Yes, we will. And I have always wondered, actually, who was helping Kirstarmer behind the scenes |
| 0:39.8 | as he made his journey from opposition leader to Prime Minister |
| 0:42.5 | because his communication style did change, has changed. |
| 0:46.4 | And now we know the identity of the person who helped him along the way. |
| 0:49.3 | Which we will reveal on Sunday's newscast. |
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