Farage Attacks 'Unpatriotic' Starmer
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
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🗓️ 27 May 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Nigel Farage has branded Keir Starmer as “one of the most unpatriotic prime ministers in our history" - is there a lack of patriotism on the left?
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Libby Purves and James Marriott.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Hugo Rifkin, and now we're going to be unpacking the politics of the day |
| 0:08.9 | and the stuff that's even more important than politics too, from whether the Prime Minister is unpatriotic |
| 0:13.7 | to the politics of choosing your baby names. And two people now who are both perfectly patriotic |
| 0:19.8 | and perfectly named are with me, and they are Libby Purvis. Hello, Libby. Good morning. Good morning. Good to have you here. And James Marriott. Hello, James. Good morning. Now, look, so Libby, I'm assuming was not christened Libby. Libby is an Elizabeth, of course. James Marriott. Have you ever been a Jimmy or a Jack? No, I never have. I'm open to changing, though. |
| 0:38.3 | James was the most popular boy's name in the year I was born and for about five years after that. |
| 0:42.1 | So I think we do need to mix it up a little bit. |
| 0:44.4 | What are you thinking? |
| 0:45.9 | Jay. I think Jay Dogg. |
| 0:47.5 | Yeah, I think Jay Dog would be quite good for my image. |
| 0:49.7 | It might make me seem a little more down with it. |
| 0:52.0 | My middle. make me seem a little more down with it. Jazzer. Jazzar. Jazzar. Jazz Marriott. I love it. I'm not be pushing it a step too far. |
| 0:56.6 | Well, my middle name. My middle name is, funnily enough, my middle name is James. |
| 1:00.2 | And my wife's middle name is Elizabeth. So there you go. I feel very close to both of you. |
| 1:06.0 | Let's crack on. Politicians make a lot of speeches. A few of them stay in the memory, but possibly Nigel Farage's speech this morning is going to be remembered as the moment he set out a clear |
| 1:14.6 | political direction that perhaps led to a reform UK government. Here he is speaking just a tiny |
| 1:19.8 | bit earlier. Reform is now in government, in large swathes of England. What you see before you, whether you can yet believe it or not, |
| 1:31.3 | is the second step of what is going to be the biggest political revolution this country has |
| 1:37.9 | seen since the Labour Party overtook the Liberals over 100 years ago. |
| 1:45.9 | Libby, look, that's Nigel Farage speaking there. |
| 1:48.2 | We'll have more from him later, I'm sure. |
| 1:50.8 | What do you understand about the direction in which he is taking reform? |
| 1:54.5 | Because he has, you know, I mean, we've got to see reformers |
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