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Coffee House Shots

Is Andy Burnham a problem for Starmer?

Coffee House Shots

The Spectator

News, Daily News, Politics

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

James Heale is joined by Isabel Hardman and Katy Balls to discuss Rishi Sunak's visit to Dover in a bid to tackle small boats. Also, following a clash between Keir Starmer and members on the left of the party, how much of a problem has Andy Burnham become for the Labour leader?

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0:00.0

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0:18.5

Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots.

0:20.2

I'm James Heel. I'm joined today by Katie Bulls and Elizabeth Harman.

0:23.9

Now Katie, the Prime Minister has been giving a bit of speech this morning.

0:26.6

In Dover, about small boats, tell us more.

0:28.8

Yes, I think this is part of a attempt by number 10,

0:31.9

being accused of leaving a news vacuum,

0:34.6

to try and show a sense of momentum when it comes to the Prime Minister's five priorities.

0:40.4

And of course, key to that is stopping the boats.

0:43.1

Many think you cannot stop the boats by the time the next election.

0:46.5

But what Richie Sinek wants to do is try and I think signal both to the public,

0:51.5

but I think particularly to MPs, perhaps those on the right of the party,

0:55.5

that there are developments here.

0:57.3

So there's a range of figures he has been pointing to when it comes to progress.

1:03.1

So in the speech, Richie Sinek has pointed to progress on Albania,

1:06.4

which is something I think is probably the most covered of the metrics,

1:09.9

to say that the percentage that used to be has been massively reduced

1:15.2

in terms of Albanians coming here,

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