David Baddiel on Israel and Antisemitism

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

As Israel’s siege of Gaza continues, the UN has warned that Gaza is in a ‘dire situation’. Joining us in the studio is the writer and comedian, David Baddiel, who talks about what the past week has been like for British Jews. Following the end of their party conference, Pat McFadden, who’s in charge of Labour’s electoral strategy, also stops by to talk to us about the party’s game plan ahead of the next general election. And, Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson join Adam to talk about their latest episode of The Today Podcast, in which they discuss the complexities of covering the Israel-Gaza War, as well as some of their own disagreements. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by George Dabby with Miranda Slade and Hayley Clarke. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:04.8	Hello, turns out there is such a thing as too much news.
0:07.3	Chris Mason is having a well-deserved night off from newscast
0:11.0	after covering many, many, many party conferences
0:14.0	with a few more still to go.
0:15.9	But don't worry, plenty of people will be coming
0:18.5	into the newscast studio to keep me company
0:20.6	during this episode.
0:21.7	Newscast.
0:22.5	Newscast from the BBC.
0:24.1	Why can't people buy a house?
0:25.9	Look at their wages.
0:27.0	There are many questions on things that are not related to maths.
0:29.0	People who say that we were partying
0:31.2	simply do not know what they are talking about.
0:33.4	The era of global warming has ended.
0:36.0	The era of global boiling has arrived.
0:38.4	It's the first time ever.
0:40.0	I've been able to say, well done, here.
0:42.2	I'll end by tempting her to update newscast
0:45.0	and update this house.
0:46.2	The Prime Minister is not under a desk.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.