Electoral Dysfunction: Why isn’t Keir Starmer saying what he really thinks?
This Is Why
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🗓️ 11 April 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has pressed pause on his higher tariffs... but not before he unleashed absolute chaos on the global economy.
It all came down to the bond market - which you might remember from Liz Truss's time as prime minister...
Alongside most countries, the UK still has the base level of 10% tariffs on exports and 25% on automobiles, so is the prime minister's "keep cool" strategy still paying off?
Or is the UK just in the same boat, waiting along with everybody else for Trump's next move?
One thing's for sure - Harriet thinks the UK government is speaking in code. She says Starmer needs to speak up and reassure the British public a bit more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi Sky News Daily listeners. It's Ruth Davidson from Electoral Dysfunction here, |
| 0:05.5 | interrupting your feed with a Friday treat from me, Beth Rigby and Harriet Harmon. Donald Trump's |
| 0:11.4 | tariffs are causing a lot of uncertainty right now. So on this podcast that you're about to listen to, |
| 0:17.5 | we explain what's going on in the world and we ask what the UK government should do |
| 0:21.8 | about it. If you like what you hear, just search for electoral dysfunction wherever you get your |
| 0:27.4 | podcasts and our weekly episodes will automatically appear in your feed every Friday. Hello and welcome to |
| 0:44.8 | with me Beth Rigby, me Ruth Davidson and me Harriet Harmon. |
| 0:49.5 | Now, I am at home this week. I am not in a hotel. I'm meant to be holidaying, but there's been a bit of news knocking about this week. |
| 0:58.0 | Just a tiny bit of news. So they've had what someone's put as a Rigby recall. It sounds very grand, doesn't it? |
| 1:07.0 | There is so much news going around. How can you rest when Donald Trump is in the White House |
| 1:14.0 | like a relentless beast of the markets or the markets beast in him will get on to that? |
| 1:19.5 | But I haven't been following Stama. I have been trying to put my feet up a bit. |
| 1:23.8 | Balls. I'm going to call balls on that immediately because I know from your social media that you have |
| 1:29.9 | been following Starmar around. |
| 1:31.5 | You followed them all the way to the Emirates to watch Arsenal beat Real Madrid 3-0. |
| 1:36.8 | My word. |
| 1:37.7 | Actually, someone sent me a very funny message on Instagram because I had gone to the Real Madrid Arsenal game. |
| 1:46.0 | I spent nearly all my savings on the tickets, I have to say. |
| 1:50.4 | It was absolutely worth it. |
| 1:52.2 | Oh my God, it was worth it. |
| 1:53.6 | Anyway, I had the most amazing night. |
| 1:55.5 | And I was putting up terrible video footage of all my crap videos through the night. And then someone |
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