Can Keir Starmer Stop A Labour Rebellion?

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Today, can Keir Starmer stop a rebellion from his own party over proposed welfare cuts?

Adam is joined by Luke Sullivan, Keir Starmer’s former political director, to discuss the leadership strategy and the current political challenge. Also, columnist and author Sarah Vine speaks to Adam ahead of the release of her new book How Not to Be a Political Wife, sharing how Brexit led to the end of her marriage to Michael Gove and giving a behind the scenes look at life around politics.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:05.6	Hello.
0:06.9	Now, for the last few days, I've been teasing you with the new newscast marketing campaign,
0:11.5	which on social media involves a slightly awkward clip of me and Chris trying to explain what this podcast is in 10 seconds.
0:18.1	Well, it turns out loads of newscasters are actually better at doing that
0:21.5	than me and Chris are. And we'll play you with some of them today, starting with newscaster Sally.
0:27.2	Hi, Adam. It's Sally in Boston, Massachusetts. Here's my 10 seconds. A snuggery of unbiased journalists
0:35.2	who's inquiring and comprehensive conversations
0:38.7	you are invited to join.
0:41.1	Pull up a chair.
0:42.8	Love the show, thanks.
0:44.7	Sally, that makes me want to come to your house
0:46.4	and pull up a chair.
0:47.2	You made me feel so welcome.
0:48.4	And thank you very much for that amazing summation
0:51.0	of what we try to do on Newscast.
0:52.9	And even more impressive,
0:54.1	that was exactly 10 seconds,
0:55.6	which makes me wonder if you're actually a professional broadcaster.
0:58.5	Anyway, let's see what conversations you can pull up a chair to listen to on this episode of Newscast.
1:04.8	Newscast from the BBC.
1:07.2	He has just compared me to the Fat Controller.
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