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Political Fix

Keir Starmer’s debut on the global stage

Political Fix

Financial Times

News, Politics, News & Politics

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Keir Starmer’s quest for closer EU ties received a tacit nod from US President Joe Biden as the UK prime minister made his global debut at the Nato summit in Washington. Biden told Starmer that Britain was ‘the knot tying the transatlantic alliance together’. The FT’s George Parker, Robert Shrimsley and Stephen Bush sit down in London to discuss the government’s foreign policy agenda, with Lucy Fisher dialling in from Washington with her take. Plus, the FT’s William Wallis lays out the stark truth behind the UK’s prisons crisis, and what the government might be able to do about it. 


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Presented by Lucy Fisher. Produced by Audrey Tinline with Leah Quinn. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Audio mix and original music by Breen Turner. The FT’s head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. 


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I've put a link to the survey in the show notes, along with terms and conditions for the

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prize draw.

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Robert, did you watch the football?

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I did watch the football, yes.

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Did you enjoy it?

1:02.0

I enjoyed the last couple of minutes. Stephen.

1:03.9

I watch it in a block of flats and there's a Dutch guy on the fifth floor and you can

1:08.1

never work out if he's happy or sad and so the brief moment was like is he he happy? And it's like, no, he's sad.

1:15.0

Yes, England are in the Eurofinals. And in other good news,

1:20.0

British economy grew at double the expected rate in May,

1:23.4

and that yellow thing in the sky has finally made an appearance.

1:27.5

You'd be forgiven for thinking we're in a Richard Curtis film,

1:30.4

but no, this is political fix from the Financial Times with me George Parker, keeping the seat warm while Lucy Fisher is in Washington with Kiestama for the NATO summit.

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