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Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

Could the NHS cost the Tories or is Jeremy Corbyn too unpopular to win it?

Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

ITV News

News, Government, Politics

4.3179 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

New figures out today show more patients than ever waited longer than four hours in A&E in England during October. Labour's seized on the data, saying the NHS was in crisis - but Boris Johnson says Labour would "rack up such colossal debt" that it would be impossible to invest the money needed into the health service. With the NHS high up on many voters' key priorities, will today's figures see support switch away the Conservatives and to Labour? Robert gives us his take. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been heckled for a second day in a row during his visit to Scotland. Our correspondent Libby Wiener has been following Mr Corbyn - we chat to her about how the party's campaign in Scotland is going so far. Plus some very important discussion about what really is the right way to make a cup of tea, after a Tory campaign video showed Boris Johnson adding milk to his cup of tea BEFORE removing the bag.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to episode 7 of Calling Pestan, the podcast that only ever adds the milk to the tea once we've removed the bag.

0:09.7

I'm Daniel Hewitt, he?

0:11.3

Hello, hello, hello.

0:12.4

Ishiyab Khan and today will not only be talking to Robert Pestan, but also our political correspondent Libby Vena,

0:18.1

who has been following Jeremy Corbyn around Scotland for the last couple of days to get her insight into the Labour campaign.

0:23.9

On the day that NHS England recorded the worst any waiting time since current targets

0:28.7

began 15 years ago, Boris Johnson is in Somerset while the Tories promised to cut immigration

0:34.0

levels. Jeremy Corbyn has been heckled again while travelling all over Scotland

0:37.6

today, while the Labour Party announced they're going to close the gender pay gap. And

0:41.7

the Lib Dems are unveiling the party's plan for equality and human rights. But first, Dan,

0:47.8

you mentioned tea. Yeah. Other than Boris Johnson, does anyone put the milk in first?

0:53.9

I honestly, I don't think, like genuinely, I don't think I've ever met anyone that makes tea the way Boris Johnson made tea in that video.

1:02.7

So you water in bag, milk in while the bag's still in.

1:06.8

Yeah, me neither.

1:07.6

I've literally preparing for this, knowing that we would probably mention this because it's been everywhere.

1:14.2

And because we planned it. And because we planned it.

1:17.6

We literally plan to have this conversation. So I just thrown together this podcast, guys.

1:21.5

Oh, well, there's a spontaneity. I've ruined the illusion. Yeah, everyone thinking,

1:24.6

should we talk about tea? Sheehan? Why not? As I was saying,

1:29.0

WhatsApped all my friends in their group chats and said, does anyone do it this way? And everyone

1:33.1

said no. So on my very small sample size, that's a crazy WhatsApp group you've got.

1:40.0

All right, guys. How do we make our tea? No one makes tea that way. I can't find a single person.

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