Is Reform haunting Keir Starmer?
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🗓️ 5 December 2024
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Today, in a movie studio setting Keir Starmer attempted to grab the public imagination with talks of pledges, missions and milestones. But the revelation came thirty minutes into his own speech when he acknowledged people’s impatience with traditional politics. Of which he is perhaps the archetype. Is he thinking about Reform who are now edging ahead of Labour in some polls? And is this what is driving his big fear now? Labour simply won’t have time to finish the job they’ve just begun with populists snapping at their heels.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.5 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:13.0 | Everyone can see there's a growing impatience with traditional politics. |
| 0:18.6 | Everyone can see how people are tired with those who fail to get the job done. |
| 0:24.6 | Now, populism isn't the answer to Britain's challenges. |
| 0:29.6 | Easy answers won't make our country strong. |
| 0:34.6 | But nobody can deny that this kind of politics feeds off real concerns. |
| 0:41.3 | In fact, that's the trucks of the matter. |
| 0:45.3 | People haven't become radical ideologues. |
| 0:49.3 | We are still in our values, a pragmatic nation. Listen to the message behind Kirstama's words. |
| 0:58.0 | This relaunch, this speech comes a month after Donald Trump has won in America, |
| 1:04.0 | a day after the centre of French government falls apart. |
| 1:10.0 | Is this what he's trying to say, that traditional politics doesn't |
| 1:14.5 | have very long to make itself felt? Yeah, he says that populism isn't the answer. But haven't we |
| 1:21.2 | had mission statements and goals and targets before? And those haven't really won over the British people either. |
| 1:29.3 | Is Kirstama asking the right question? |
| 1:32.1 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:36.2 | The Newsagents. |
| 1:37.8 | It's John. |
| 1:38.5 | It's Emily. |
| 1:39.1 | It's Lewis. |
| 1:39.8 | And today at Pinewood Studios, a movie studio, |
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