Keir Starmer’s clear break with the Jeremy Corbyn era
Political Fix
Financial Times
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🗓️ 2 October 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
This week, we’ll be analysing Labour’s annual jamboree and whether Sir Keir Starmer has met expectations. How did he take on the left and what was the core message of his keynote speech? Chief political correspondent Jim Pickard and political correspondent Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe will explore.
Later on, we’ll turn our attention to the cost-of-living crunch approaching this winter. There are widespread fears across Whitehall that the situation could get worse, with inflation rising, fuel and food prices set to soar and even fears there might not be enough turkeys for Christmas. So what is causing all this disruption and is it about to get worse? George Parker and Chris Giles discuss the issues.
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| 0:00.0 | Keir Starmer delivered his first speech to the Labour Party conference as leader this week |
| 0:06.0 | by making a clear break with the Jeremy Corbyn era. |
| 0:09.0 | To the voters that thought we were unpatriotic or irresponsible or that we looked down on them. |
| 0:18.0 | I say these simple but powerful words. |
| 0:23.0 | We will never, under my leadership, go into an election with a manifesto that is not a serious plan for government. |
| 0:37.0 | Welcome to a bumper extra long edition of Payne's Politics, |
| 0:41.0 | your essential insider guide to what's happening in British politics from the financial times, with me Sebastian Payne. |
| 0:48.0 | In this episode we'll be analysing Labour's annual jamboree and whether Starmer has met expectations. |
| 0:54.0 | How did he take on the left and what was the core message of his keynote speech? |
| 0:59.0 | Chief Political Correspondent Jim Picard will be discussing along with our political correspondent Jasmine Cameron Chiletti. |
| 1:05.0 | And later we'll be turning our attention to the cost of living crunch approaching the UK this winter. |
| 1:11.0 | While the whole country was not obsessing about Labour's internal warfare, |
| 1:15.0 | they were concerned about not being able to fill up their cars. |
| 1:19.0 | Political editor George Parker and economics editor Chris Charles will dissect and ask whether the government is doing the right things. |
| 1:26.0 | But Jim and Jasmine, welcome back. |
| 1:28.0 | Good morning. |
| 1:29.0 | Hi, thanks for having us. |
| 1:35.0 | So we're back from Labour Party Conference and I think all feeling the slight mix of tired and under the weather that you often do after such things. |
| 1:43.0 | Our first party conference season in two years. |
| 1:45.0 | Jim, I dread to think how many Labour conferences you've been to. |
| 1:49.0 | But how did this one compare? |
| 1:51.0 | So in terms of the fun you had, the atmosphere? |
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