‘Frockgate’ and Starmer’s love-in with Meloni – Politics Weekly UK

Politics Weekly UK

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🗓️ 19 September 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The row over ‘frockgate’ continues to trouble the prime minister this week, while his decision to visit his far-right Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, has upset many in his party. The Guardian’s John Harris talks to the political correspondent Aletha Adu, who was travelling with Keir Starmer. Also, the Guardian’s Europe correspondent, Jon Henley, joins John Harris to look at the rise of the far-right on the continent. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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0:45.0	The big political news of the week should gladden the hearts of everyone who voted labor two months ago.
0:51.0	The Prime Minister has been hanging around with far-right Italian politicians in a
0:54.3	17th century villa in Rome, while he's also been spending donors' money on expensive dresses for his wife and
1:00.3	new glasses and getting free Taylor Swift tickets as he tells the rest of us to tighten our belts.
1:06.0	But let's boil it down, why shouldn't the Prime Minister, he earns 166 grand a year?
1:11.0	Why shouldn't he buy his own glasses?
1:13.0	Why don't you ask him?
1:15.0	I'm John Harris and you're listening to Politicsu, the Guardian's political correspondent.
1:25.6	Hi Alita.
1:26.6	Hi John.
1:27.6	We're going to talk about Kistama's trip to Rome and all the politics swirling
1:30.4	around it in a moment, but the other big story this week for Labour
1:34.8	is Starma's failure to disclose a 5,000 pound donation of clothes for his wife
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