How is Trump already infecting UK politics? w/ Beth Rigby + the university crisis
Pod Save the UK
Pod Save the UK
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🗓️ 14 November 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
President-elect Donald Trump has a strong stance on many issues, from isolationism to border control, not to mention he’s an open climate change denier. Is his political platform already shaping UK party politics? Nish and Coco chat to Sky News Political Editor and host of Electoral Dysfunction Beth Rigby about what his looming second-term means for the UK.
And with changes to university tuition fees in England for the first time in eight years - we dissect the crisis in higher education with President of the National Union of Students Amira Campbell and General Secretary of the University and College Union Jo Grady. Nish and Coco also dig into the mailbag to find out what you think.
Plus - some essential listening - does Coco not understand what a mullet is?
Guests:
Beth Rigby
Amira Campbell
Jo Grady
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Pod Save the UK. I'm Nish Kumar. And I'm Cocoa Khan, where one week on from Trump's |
| 0:07.3 | election win and alarm bells are ringing for the Labour government. We'll be speaking to Sky News |
| 0:12.3 | political editor, Beth Rigby, about what a second Trump presidency could look like for the UK. |
| 0:18.0 | And with changes to tuition fees for the first time in eight years, we'll be |
| 0:21.7 | digging into the crisis in higher education. We'll hear from the President of the National |
| 0:25.5 | Union of Students, Amira Campbell, and the General Secretary of the University and College |
| 0:29.5 | Union, Joe Grady. |
| 0:33.3 | Last week, Kirstama wasted no time in congratulating Donald Trump on his historic victory in the US presidential election. |
| 0:40.9 | As the closest of allies, the UK and US will continue to work together to protect our shared values of freedom and democracy. |
| 0:50.9 | And having had dinner with President-elect Trump just a few weeks ago, I look forward to working |
| 0:56.5 | with him in the years to come. But in reality, the President-elect is already posing a headache |
| 1:01.7 | for the Labour government. Joining us now to understand how Trump is infecting everything before he's, |
| 1:05.9 | even in office, is Beth Rigby, political editor for Sky News and host of the Electoral Disfunction podcast. Beth, |
| 1:12.2 | it's great to have you here. So nice to be here. I just wish I was in the studio with you like last |
| 1:16.6 | time. You're the only political journalist left here in Britain, aren't you? I haven't they all gone |
| 1:22.3 | to cop. I've been dispatched next week though. He's going again. He's going somewhere else. So I was like, I can't do another trip. |
| 1:29.9 | We did Samoa, and we were there for five days, and three of those days were on a plane. |
| 1:35.2 | Can you imagine that? |
| 1:37.4 | I was very, very, very tired when I got back. |
| 1:41.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:41.4 | So I haven't gone to Baku. |
| 1:43.4 | Well, good for us, though, isn't it? |
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