Jeremy Corbyn & Mhairi Black: Left Culled, Centre Cracked and Right Reformed?
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Pod Save the UK
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🗓️ 6 June 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
In week two of the campaigns for the upcoming General Election - the fight for the centre vote has become a focal point. But the crucial question remains - what will this do for the future of politics in the UK? Are we at risk of losing diversity across parties? And as Keir Starmer appears to be purging the left-wing factions of the Labour Party, Nish and Coco speak to former Labour leader and now independent candidate Jeremy Corbyn on whether he’s hopeful for a potential Labour government and what advice he has for Keir Starmer.
Nish and Coco also speak to Mhairi Black about the challenges facing the SNP when trying to capture the electorate. They also discuss whether we are at risk of losing the kind of representation that the Left and younger voters need to bring about hope and change in society.
There’s also a rundown of the first Sunak vs Starmer TV debate and a return of the best WTF moments from the week’s political campaigns.
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Guests:
Jeremy Corbyn, Independent Candidate for Islington North
Mhairi Black, former SNP Deputy Leader and MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South
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| 0:00.0 | It's been an explosive week in the election campaign where political factions on the left and right have never seen further apart. |
| 0:10.0 | But in attempting to claim the centre ground, have labour and the Conservatives left themselves open to division. |
| 0:15.6 | I'm Nishkumar and I'm Coco Khan and this is Pod Save the UK. |
| 0:19.3 | It is a jam-packed show today. We will be checking in with the former Labour leader and |
| 0:23.8 | independent candidate for Islington North Jeremy Corbyn and discussing the |
| 0:27.8 | toxicity of Parliament with retiring S&P Mary Black. But first... |
| 0:34.0 | He knows inflation is going to go back up. He knows energy prices are going to go back up in the |
| 0:38.8 | autumn. That's what he's not telling you. So he says the plan is working, but I don't think he says the plan is working but I don't think he |
| 0:43.9 | believes the plan is working because if he thought the plan is working he |
| 0:47.1 | wouldn't have called this election right now. |
| 0:48.8 | Rishi Sunak I do I think it's it's slightly ironic because from the moment I got this job |
| 0:53.0 | Kiastarma was telling me call an election call an election and now that we've called |
| 0:56.8 | an election he's saying oh no don't have an election because I don't want to tell |
| 0:59.4 | you what I'm going to do and this is the choice for everybody. The plan is working. Of course I know everyone is only just starting to feel the benefits of it, but inflation is back to normal. Wages are growing, taxes are now being cut. |
| 1:14.2 | Kir Starma would put all that progress at risk, |
| 1:17.2 | he would put up everyone's taxes by 2,000 pounds. |
| 1:21.5 | That's Sunnisarma going head to head at the I TV leaders debate on Tuesday evening. |
| 1:26.6 | It's been described as two centrist dads talking about centrist dad things and there was also |
| 1:31.5 | a lot of fear-mongering around a 2,000-pound tax rise from |
| 1:35.3 | Sunak. He said it was calculated independently by the Conservative Party. He threw the |
| 1:39.5 | number around a lot, but it's not so clear-cut it niche? No it's bollocks it's |
| 1:44.8 | bollocks like let's listen I got home and I felt obliged to watch for |
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