How does Keir Starmer reach out to the world?
This Is Why
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4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
On today's Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by Sky's political correspondent Tamara Cohen to discuss how Sir Keir is tackling his first international visit.
Plus, Lord Peter Ricketts, former diplomat and French Ambassador, joins Niall to take a look at Labour's wider foreign policy plans.
For further background from Sky News, you can read our political editor Beth Rigby’s analysis of Starmer’s plans to argue the case to NATO that all members should increase their defence spending here.
Producers: Rosie Gillott, Soila Apparicio
Editor: Paul Stanworth
Promotions producer: David Chipakupaku
Transcript
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| 0:49.1 | such TFL fare capping. As of this moment, the world is Sir Kier Stalmers' oyster, in that it is perfectly capable of giving him stomachache. |
| 0:55.1 | The new Prime Minister is in Washington for a NATO summit, his first foray onto the international stage to signal that the UK is still a leading player. |
| 0:59.7 | Also fast approaching, a meeting with EU leaders, a trip to Samoa for the Commonwealth |
| 1:04.5 | Heads of Government, the ASEAN summit in Australia, plus phone calls andals and meetings in the margins wherever and whenever |
| 1:13.2 | he gets the chance. |
| 1:17.7 | I'm Neil Patterson, and on this edition of the Sky News Daily, we're looking at the labour reset |
| 1:23.2 | of foreign policy and asking what the PM needs to do to get the world on side. |
| 1:30.3 | In a moment, we will be speaking to one former diplomat about the scale of the task ahead. |
| 1:35.2 | But let's begin with that trip to NATO. |
| 1:38.7 | Our political correspondent is Tamara Cohen, and she joins us once again on the podcast. |
| 1:42.9 | Tamara, the Prime Minister, off to Washington, |
| 1:45.6 | his first big trip, let's bear in mind, he's never actually even been a minister before. |
| 1:50.4 | What are these occasions like? I mean, from the perspective, of course, of the journalists like yourself, |
| 1:55.7 | but also of the politician. So it's going to be quite an experience for Keir Starmer, |
| 2:00.5 | obviously still quite exhausted from the election campaign. |
| 2:04.0 | And now already, because it's been in the diary for a long time, |
| 2:06.9 | heading to Washington for this NATO conference, |
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