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Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

Bonus podcast: Corbyn’s Labour Episode 2

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

BBC

News, Politics

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In a bonus podcast for Political Thinking subscribers over the summer break, the FT’s George Parker presents the second episode in the Radio 4 series, ‘The Long March of Corbyn’s Labour’. He explores Labour’s approach to the economy and how far reaching its policies will be. Political Thinking will return in September.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the BBC.

0:03.3

Hello, I'm Nick Robinson.

0:04.9

As we're taking a break over the summer,

0:07.0

here's a chance to listen again

0:08.8

to the excellent Radio 4 series,

0:11.0

The Long March of Corbyn's Labour.

0:13.7

In this week's episode,

0:15.2

George Parker, political editor of the Financial Times,

0:18.3

explores Labour's approach to the economy

0:21.0

and how far reaching its policies will be.

0:24.0

I'm a Marxist.

0:25.4

You know, this is a classic crisis of the economy.

0:29.3

It's a capitalist crisis.

0:31.3

I've been waiting for this for a generation.

0:35.5

Recognise that voice?

0:37.5

Yes, that's John McDonnell,

0:39.4

speaking in 2013,

0:41.4

explaining how the financial crisis

0:43.9

had created the perfect storm,

0:46.3

a chance for Labour to completely rewire the British economy

0:50.5

and overhaul the way the country has run.

0:53.3

Two years later, he would become Shadow Chancellor.

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