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China spy scandal rocks Parliament + David Lammy

Pod Save the UK

Crooked Media

News Commentary, News, Government, Politics

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy reveals what it was like in Westminster when the news broke that a parliamentary researcher, with close links to leading Tory politicians, had been arrested on suspicion of spying for China. Mr Lammy tells Nish and Coco that the atmosphere at Westminster is “febrile”, with MPs having to think carefully about who they rely on for advice and research. He also sets out Labour’s position on the threat posed by China. Plus as Vladimir Putin and Kim Jung Un hold an “evil bro hangout”, just how worried should we be? Find out what UK Apprentice presenter Lord Sugar did to become our inadvertent hero of the week, while Coco calls out the Daily Mail for trying to use a black writer to publish critical views of the Notting Hill Carnival. Plus, British v Indian cold remedies - who comes out on top?

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0:00.0

Hi, this is PotSafe the UK. I'm Nishkebaf. And I'm Coco-Card. And this week we're

0:16.4

saving the UK from Chinese spies. Our guest is Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary, David

0:22.1

Glammy. Hi, Nish. Or should we call you Scoop now? Yeah, I only if it's immediately following

0:31.6

the phrase pooper. I mean, I'm in Kendall, working at the Westmoreland Gazette as part of

0:38.5

a television show. I make you with my friend, Josh Whitaker, where we go and work at local

0:42.6

newspapers around the country. And last week I was in Wales, looking at a river clean

0:49.3

up and watching a private Charlotte church geek regenerally. I've got a local story for

0:55.5

you, mate. Go for it. Well, as you know, I've had a cold. Yeah, I'm on the LEMSYPS right

0:59.8

now. Stripsils, price of Stripsils, got up to £6. Really? Yeah, crazy. And then I was

1:07.2

like, I hope you're ready for it. Talk about congestion charges. Yeah. So when you say

1:16.2

you've got a local news story, what you mean is you've got a, I will say excellent place

1:21.6

of wordplay. And that's it. Listen, all the best stories start with a pun. Let's be honest,

1:28.6

that's how they all start. Well, this, Coco, whenever, when I cover this call, what I'm

1:33.3

looking for for you is guidance in how to be a professional journalist. And what you've

1:37.9

told me is all the best stories start with a pun. So that's what I'm going to do from

1:41.1

now on. But it is like the price of being sick with a cold has now reached £15. Because

1:46.8

for me, I like to go over soil, strepsils, balsam tissues, got a protection nose niche,

1:52.9

you know, it's, it's a high cost affair. I'm like, unfortunately, sort of locked in

1:58.8

the kind of old fashioned cures that my father used to make when they're sort of old,

2:03.5

weird south Indian witches brew. He used to make that was, it's a black tea and he put

2:09.1

pepper, ginger, garlic, and honey in it. And it tastes honestly like the devil's arsehole.

2:17.4

It's disgusting. But I will say it, I very rarely have a gold for more than two days. So fair

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