Keir Starmer interview: "I have nothing in common with Boris Johnson"

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🗓️ 13 April 2022

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Labour leader Keir Starmer issues a strongly-worded attack on the Prime Minister's character in an interview with Political Editor Adam Payne. Starmer insists that he has “nothing in common” with Boris Johnson as he questions the Prime Minister’s integrity and ability to lead the country at a time of crisis.

He addresses the row over LGBT+ rights playing out across Westminster, accusing the government of “weaponising” vulnerable people for their own political gains. Starmer also issues pointed remarks about Labour’s previous leadership and insists that the party has made significant progress “given what I inherited as leader of a party”.

Starmer's timely interview coincides with a fresh crop of scandal in Downing Street after Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak received fines from police over 'partygate' events. Payne discusses what this means for Johnson and Sunak's future in Downing Street with political reporters Eleanor Langford and John Johnston, and what they've been hearing in Westminster since the news dropped.

The Rundown is presented by Eleanor Langford with Adam Payne and John Johnston. The editor is Laura Silver.

Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to The Rundown, a weekly podcast from Politics Home.
0:09.5	I'm your host, Elmore Langford, and each week I'll be taking an in-depth look at the week's biggest political stories
0:15.5	with fellow politics home reporters and special guests from across Westminster.
0:20.0	This week, I'm joined by our political
0:21.7	editor, Adam Payne, and political reporter John Johnson, will be unpacking whether Boris Johnson's
0:26.9	party gate fine could spell the end to his time in Downing Street. The Prime Minister,
0:30.9	his wife Carrie and the Chancellor Ritchie Sunak were all among the latest sway of fines announced
0:35.3	by the Met Police, relating to lockdown-breaking
0:37.6	parties in Downing Street and Whitehall. So at the time of recording, Boris and Rishi have not
0:43.6	resigned, but just before that news dropped, Adam went to Sunderland to meet with Labour leader
0:48.5	Kyr Stama as the party's local election campaigns got into full swing. Well, here is full chat
0:53.8	with Kier in a moment,
0:54.6	but Adam, what can you tell us about your day with Keir?
0:57.2	Yes, so it's important to stress that I went to Sunderland on Monday,
1:03.1	which was before news of the fines for the PM and Sunak broke.
1:07.4	So I went to Sunderland because Keirirstama, the leader of Labour Party, was there
1:11.7	campaigning ahead of next month's local elections. He was there to launch some crime policy.
1:19.4	The Labour Party believes that crime is an area, well, a weak spot for the Conservatives after
1:23.6	being in power for 12 years. So he visited a community centre. He met some local volunteers.
1:30.9	He had a little wander sort of around the area and spots people about their concerns and
1:35.6	what we'd like to see. I guess a Labour Party do if it was to get into government. And I sat down
1:43.1	with Kirstama because this month, April 22,
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