Keir Starmer's small boats gamble
Political Fix
Financial Times
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The Labour leader Keir Starmer is attempting to seize the initiative on dealing with clandestine immigration. Lucy Fisher is joined by the FT’s Stephen Bush and Miranda Green to examine his plan to strike a returns deal with the EU. Plus, political editor George Parker joins the pod to chew over his recent interview with Tony Blair, and the fallout from allegations of Chinese espionage in Westminster.
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| 0:25.0 | Look, the conservative approach on small boats hasn't worked |
| 0:28.0 | and is not going to work. |
| 0:31.0 | Hello, it's Lucy Fisher here and welcome to Political Fix, |
| 0:35.0 | your essential insider guide to Westminster from the Financial Times. |
| 0:39.0 | You had there the FT's Stephen Bush talking about immigration |
| 0:43.0 | and Stephen's here with me in the studio. Hi, Stephen. |
| 0:46.0 | Hello, Lucy. |
| 0:47.0 | And also a join by the FT's Miranda Green. Hi, Miranda. |
| 0:50.0 | Hello, Lucy. |
| 0:54.0 | So I think it's been quite a meaty week of stories this week |
| 0:58.0 | and there are three areas I want to focus on. |
| 1:01.0 | The first is the spy drama gripping Westminster. |
| 1:04.0 | We'll come onto that in a bit. |
| 1:06.0 | We've also got George Parker, the FT's political editor, |
| 1:09.0 | coming onto the show later. |
| 1:11.0 | He did a fascinating interview with Tony Blair on the mess the countries in |
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