Labour comes home in Batley and Spen
Political Fix
Financial Times
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🗓️ 3 July 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Sir Keir Starmer was given a reprieve after Labour clung on at the Batley and Spen by-election this week. What does it mean for his leadership? And was Matt Hancock's breaking of lockdown rules to blame for the Conservative party's failure to win? Plus, we discuss what kind of health secretary Sajid Javid might be and how his return to the cabinet will affect the coronavirus and social care debate. Presented by Sebastian Payne, with George Parker, Jim Pickard, Robert Shrimsley and Sarah Neville. Produced by Howie Shannon. The sound engineer was Sean McGarrity.
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| 0:30.4 | Keir Starmer received a much-needed boost to his leadership this week as Labour beat expectations |
| 0:39.2 | and won the battle and spend by election in West Yorkshire. I do hereby declare that Kim Michelle |
| 0:45.6 | Leadbeater is duly elected. The focus now is catching up on a bit of sleep, |
| 0:52.8 | maybe having a few glasses of fees and then there's lots to do and I think the campaign has highlighted |
| 0:58.5 | that there's lots to do. I'm absolutely delighted that the people of Batley and Spen have rejected |
| 1:03.6 | division and they voted for hope. Thank you very much everybody. |
| 1:11.4 | Welcome to Payne's Politics, your essential insider guide to what's happening in British politics |
| 1:16.8 | from the Financial Times, with me Sebastian Payne. In this week's episode we'll be examining how |
| 1:22.9 | Labour managed to cling on in Batley and Spen and return Kim Leadbeater as its new MP. Was it |
| 1:28.8 | expectations management, good ground campaigning or was it Matt Hancock to blame? |
| 1:33.8 | Political editor George Parkour discussed along with our chief political correspondent Jim Picard. |
| 1:40.4 | And later we'll be looking at how the new health secretary, Sanjay Javid, |
| 1:44.2 | will differ from his predecessor Matt Hancock on fixing coronavirus. Will he be more eager to |
| 1:49.8 | lift restrictions and how does he intend to deal with the social care problems? Health |
| 1:54.8 | editors Sarah Neverwood discuss along with chief political commentator Robert Strimsley. |
| 2:03.8 | With George and Jim, welcome back. Hi sir. |
| 2:07.8 | So this weekend obviously very big thing coming up which is the England football game and I think |
| 2:13.6 | out of the three of us I'm probably the least football minded out of all of you but when England |
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