Episode 1,500 – Neil Kinnock on Starmer’s battles, Labour vs Reform, and hope for the future

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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Society & Culture, Government, News, Politics

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🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Is it really five years and 1,500 editions since we launched The Bunker? It is! For this special episode, Labour legend and former leader Neil Kinnock joins us to talk about the story Labour should be telling… what his battles against Thatcherism can teach Starmer about fighting the rising right wing… the dangers of a radicalised Conservative Party… and how to hit Reform UK where it hurts. With Andrew Harrison and Alex von Tunzelmann. • Support us on Patreon for early episodes and more • We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Audio production by Tom Taylor. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.0	Thank you. Try for free today at Asana.com. Hello and welcome to a landmark edition of The Bunker, your morning shot of news and
1:07.5	politics for these past five years. I'm Andrew Harrison, welcoming you to our
1:11.6	1,500th edition. For episode one, way back on the 28th January 2020, Ross Taylor, Ian Duntony, were
1:18.9	joined by Barack Obama's former Homeland Security Advisor Amy Pope. We talked about the Trump
1:24.0	impeachment latest and what would happen if a bright young lawyer called Kea Stama were to win the Labour leadership.
1:30.0	Would his first big fight be with Boris Johnson or with continuity commonism?
1:33.8	But time moves on.
1:34.8	We went daily and we built up the team with new members like historian, author, screenwriter,
1:39.7	and lately presenter of the Luke and Obsession on Radio 4, Alex von Sonserman.
1:43.0	Hello, Alex.
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