Is the Labour leadership contest a three horse race? Emily Thornberry tells us it's not

Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

ITV News

Government, Politics, News

4.2 • 177 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this week's Calling Peston podcast shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry tells us why she thinks she should take over from Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader. She claims to be in with a fighting chance of getting on the final ballot, but Robert tells us why he thinks her chances are slim. He also explains the Huawei saga and why Boris Johnson seems happy to defy US advice to not allow the firm to be involved with the UK's 5G networks. Plus, can you score five out of five in our weekly quiz? Email all the team on our new email address: [email protected] We’ll bring you a new episode of Calling Peston every Thursday evening. Don’t forget to subscribe - and if you like what you hear, do rate us and leave a review. Get in touch with the Calling Peston team - contact @DanielHewittITV, @ShehabKhan and @Peston. For the latest election news, go to itv.com/news and follow @ITVNewsPolitics on Twitter.

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0:55.0	expect not one, but two episodes of your favourite political podcast. Yes, that's right. It's Thursday,
1:01.3	which means calling Pestan is back, your weekly wander through the weird, not always so
1:05.4	wonderful world of Westminster and beyond. I'm Daniel Hewitt. That is the sharpest-dressed man in broadcasting Shehab Khan.
1:13.2	And as ever, joining us on the phone, a man, two elderly members of my family still call Robert
1:17.6	Preston. Robert Peston will be here. Shehab, what have we got on today's show?
1:22.6	Well, as the Labour leadership race goes on, we will be joined by Emily Thornberry, who's running to replace Jeremy Corbyn.
1:29.5	And of course, we're calling ITV's political he editor, Robert Peston.
1:32.1	We're going to be talking through the recent developments with Huawei and, of course, the Labor leadership stuff.
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