Is Labour purging the left of the party?
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
One week down, five to go.
The Diane Abbott row continues to be a tricky thorn in Keir Starmer's side, and in the past 24 hours there have been more reports that candidates and MPs have been barred from standing. Is this a purge on the left of the party?
Hannah Barnes, associate editor, and Rachel Cunliffe, associate political editor, also discuss the launch of the Green Party's campaign, who are hoping to win four seats, and today's announcements on VAT and the economy.
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| 0:00.0 | The New Statesman. |
| 0:02.0 | Statesman. |
| 0:03.0 | Hello, I'm Hannah Barnes, associate editor at the New Statesman and you're listening to the New Statesman podcast. |
| 0:12.0 | For the next six weeks we're bringing you |
| 0:14.2 | new episodes every weekday with updates on the party campaigns reaction from |
| 0:18.6 | around the UK and the best polling analysis with our experts. I'm joined today by my colleague Rachel |
| 0:26.0 | Kunliff, our associate political editor, one week down, five to go. |
| 0:31.0 | It's only been a week. It feels like years already. |
| 0:34.0 | Well exactly I was going to say I can speak for both of us probably by saying it feels far longer |
| 0:38.2 | since we saw Rishisunak in pouring rain. Things can only get better they haven't really have they no it's still |
| 0:45.8 | raining still raining metaphorically and and actually it Westminster |
| 0:51.2 | literally we've got thunderstorms today. |
| 0:53.4 | Just me and thee today but we're going to really kick off where we did yesterday |
| 0:59.2 | because we are day three now of this rather embarrassing, Diane Abbott Rao. |
| 1:05.7 | It continues to dominate the news headlines. |
| 1:09.3 | It's becoming a little bit ridiculous. |
| 1:11.5 | So my understanding of the latest situation is Kiestama is |
| 1:17.3 | sticking to the line that Diane Abbott is not banned from standing. No decision has |
| 1:22.2 | been made. No decision has been made. However last night |
| 1:26.5 | Diane Abbott was down in Hackney her constituency and she said whatever it takes |
| 1:30.5 | basically I am going to stand even if it's not for labor in |
| 1:34.5 | unsaid parentheses and today we've had Angela Rayna the deputy leader of the party |
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