Keir Starmer: the man, the party, the crisis
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🗓️ 6 April 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
On Saturday Labour party members selected a new leader. Is this the end of Corbynism? And what is the role of the opposition in the time of crisis?
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Rachel Sylvester, political columnist for The Times.
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| 0:00.0 | A Twitter announcement followed by a statement recorded at home. |
| 0:07.0 | It's not how you'd ordinarily announce the new leader of Her Majesty's opposition, but then these are extraordinary times. It is the honor and the privilege of my |
| 0:17.6 | life be elected as leader of the Labour Party. It comes at a moment like none other in our lifetime. |
| 0:25.1 | Coronavirus has brought normal life to a halt. |
| 0:30.7 | What do we know about the man taking charge? |
| 0:33.0 | He's supposedly the inspiration for Helen Fielding's Mark Darcy, a handsome lawyer in the Bridget |
| 0:39.6 | Jones books? |
| 0:40.6 | At a time like this, what will Sir Keiea Stama's election as the new leader of the Labour Party mean for the country? |
| 0:47.0 | This is stories of our times, from The Times and the Sunday Times. |
| 0:52.0 | I'm Manveen Rana. |
| 0:54.3 | Today, the man, the party, the national crisis. This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats. |
| 1:16.4 | So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's. |
| 1:21.0 | Trains, now on Uber. |
| 1:23.4 | T's and C's apply. |
| 1:24.4 | Check the Uber app. |
| 1:25.3 | I'm just watching the Labour Twitter account. |
| 1:34.0 | We're expecting an announcement of the leadership at 1045. |
| 1:38.0 | It's already about six minutes late. |
| 1:40.0 | There's nothing there. |
| 1:42.0 | Just looked up the website, it seems to have crashed. |
| 1:46.0 | Ah, and it's landed. |
| 1:49.0 | Congratulations to at Kieer Starma, the new leader of the Labour Party. |
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