Can Starmer lead the West?
The Rundown by PoliticsHome
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4.1 • 105 Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
As the future of Europe dominates the headlines, Lib Dem defence spokesperson Helen Maguire MP, former Tory ministers James Heappey and Greg Hands, and More in Common’s Luke Tryl join host Adam Payne to discuss a seismic week in world affairs as Prime Minister Keir Starmer tries to bring peace to Ukraine. With the tectonic plates of geopolitics shifting day by day, the Labour government faces major questions like how to deal with Donald Trump, and whether a ’coalition of the willing’ can really protect a peace deal from Russian aggression.
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Presented by Adam Payne, produced by Nick Hilton and edited by Ewan Cameron for Podot
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to The Rundown, a podcast from politics home. |
| 0:09.1 | Our usual host Alan is away this week, so filling in is me, editor Adam Payne. |
| 0:15.2 | And this week there's one seismic story in town, Ukraine. |
| 0:19.3 | Since our previous episode of the R rundown last week, it feels |
| 0:22.1 | like the world has been changing day by day, hour by hour, even minute by minute. We had |
| 0:27.5 | Kirstehmus' trip to Washington, where he was warmly received by Donald Trump, Ukrainian President |
| 0:32.6 | Vladimir Zelensky's less warmly received White House visit, and European countries coming |
| 0:37.1 | together to form a military |
| 0:38.5 | coalition of the willing. That's not to mention US Vice President J.D. Vance make himself one of the |
| 0:43.6 | most unpopular people in Britain, perhaps, of what he appeared to suggest about our armed forces. |
| 0:49.3 | To discuss all of that, what it means for the UK and the state of the world, and what could happen |
| 0:53.5 | next, I am joined by a superb expert panel. in the state of the world, and what could happen next? |
| 0:54.2 | I am joined by a superb expert panel. |
| 0:56.6 | In the studio with me today, I have Lib Dem Defence Porxperson, an MP for Epstom and Yule |
| 1:02.2 | Helen Maguire, Greg Hans, former Tory MP who served as a trade minister, as well as chairman |
| 1:08.2 | of the Conservative Party. |
| 1:10.3 | And joining us down the line, I'm delighted |
| 1:11.9 | to say we have Hans' former Tory MP colleague James Heapy, who served as an Armed Forces Minister |
| 1:18.4 | from 2020 to 2024. And last but certainly not least, big friend of Paul Holm and this podcast, |
| 1:25.3 | Luke Trill, UK director at More In Common. |
| 1:31.9 | So lots to talk about there. It's been one hell of a week. James, let's start with you. |
| 1:38.0 | What are your reflections on a last week or so? And heading into the weekend and beyond, |
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