Keir Starmer leads the Labour leadership race, Boris Johnson hits his first Brexit obstacle

Political Fix

Financial Times

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🗓️ 11 January 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The contest to succeed Jeremy Corbyn is well underway, with Keir Starmer and Rebecca Long Bailey in poll position. Can any of the other candidates halt their momentum? Who will make it on the ballot paper? Plus, we discuss Ursula von der Leyen’s first encounter with Boris Johnson and how he might tackle alignment in a future trade deal. Presented by Sebastian Payne, with George Parker, Jim Pickard, Robert Shrimsley and Laura Hughes. Produced by Anna Dedhar.

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0:37.0	Welcome to F.T. politics, a weekly discussion on what's happening in Westminster from the Financial Times.
0:44.3	I'm Sebastian Payne. In our first episode of 2020, we'll be discussing the latest in the
0:49.9	Labour leadership contest as the race officially kicks off off some people get endorsements and others don't.
0:55.2	Plus we'll be looking at what's going on with Brexit with the first visit of the new EU Commission
1:00.2	President to the UK and those difficult decisions facing Boris Johnson. I'm delighted. Mr. to George Parker and political correspondent Laura Hughes.
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1:25.1	The first political story to dominate the New Year has been the Labour Leadership Contest.
1:30.0	The race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn is well underway and the new person will be
1:34.0	in place by April. With six candidates declared and possibly a seven still yet to
1:38.8	enter the race the whole thing is quite wide open and whereas once Jeremy Corbynstein were assured
1:44.5	of putting their own chosen successor in place that may not necessarily be the case.
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