How long is Starmer's "honeymoon" period?
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
The new PM has been in office a couple of weeks, but you've already asked how long he's got.
In our weekly "You Ask Us" episode, Hannah Barnes and Rachel Cunliffe answer listener questions on how long Keir Starmer has before the Conservatives can form a coherent opposition, how a Labour government will approach China, and the things that have surprised them about the new parliament so far.
Submit a question for the New Statesman team to answer at www.newstatesman.com/youaskus, or if you're listening on Spotify scroll down and leave a reply on the episode page.
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| 0:00.0 | Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival, |
| 0:06.0 | three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her oversized tent, |
| 0:10.7 | Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend. |
| 0:13.1 | All right. |
| 0:14.0 | Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior. |
| 0:16.8 | And don't get us started on Mel. |
| 0:19.4 | But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together. |
| 0:22.8 | All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat. |
| 0:25.8 | Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel with us. |
| 0:28.0 | P and Dau Ferris, there is another way. |
| 0:30.1 | The New Statesman. |
| 0:33.0 | The New Statesman. |
| 0:37.0 | Hello, I'm Hannah Barnes and you're listening to the New Statesman podcast. |
| 0:44.0 | This is an episode we like to call You Ask Us. |
| 0:48.0 | This is a weekly episode where every Friday we try to answer as many listener questions as we can. Thank you so much to everyone who |
| 0:54.2 | has sent them in. We love hearing from you and we do read them all so please do keep |
| 0:58.3 | them coming in via the web link in the episode description or you can leave a |
| 1:02.0 | comment on Spotify or YouTube. |
| 1:04.3 | Got a great selection today and I'm joined by our associate political editor Rachel |
| 1:08.6 | Kunlift to help me go through them. Rachel why don't you start what's caught |
| 1:12.4 | your eye? |
| 1:13.0 | So this is a question from Mitch via YouTube who asks, |
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