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Labour Leadership Special!

The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

The New Statesman

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4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

On this week's New Statesman Podcast, the first of the new decade, Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian are joined by Ailbhe Rea and Patrick Maguire to run through the cakelike tiers of candidates vying to be the next leader of the Labour party. Is it Starmer's to lose? Can Long-Bailey break out of Corbyn's shadow? Or will we see a surge from a Nandy, a Philips, a Thornberry or even a Lewis?


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0:00.0

This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.

0:11.0

So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.

0:15.0

Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. My I'm Stephen.

0:33.6

And I'm Anush.

0:34.6

And on this week in a special episode,

0:36.6

we discuss all of the candidates for the Labour leadership election.

0:40.0

In punishing amounts of detail. We're joined by Alva Ray and Patrick McGuire to discuss first of all the Labour leadership contest which has kicked off in

0:54.8

earnest.

0:55.8

So Patrick you were at the hustings or at least lurking outside the...

0:59.8

craining my neck to the door and hearing nothing other than the chuntering of my lobby colleagues, yes.

1:07.2

Who won? I suppose of the question, maybe you weren't going to ask that question, but I'll answer it anyway,

1:11.2

Lisa Nandy, who is among the second tier of candidates who might

1:14.4

struggle to reach the 21 MP threshold for inclusion on the ballot. Of course Kiea Starmer

1:19.2

at the time of recording is the only person to have cleared that. He cleared it on day one, which is a sign of just how

1:24.0

thirsty the PRP is for someone with a prime ministerial haircut. And the consensus of MPs

1:31.5

coming out was saying, you know, Lisa Nandy knocked coming out was saying you know Lisa Nandy

1:33.6

knocked it out the park which is significant because you know she needs to wow MPs you know

1:39.0

people saying you know Clive Lewis had some interesting ideas for a master's seminar on politics but not necessarily

1:45.8

leadership material whereas Emily Thornbury the consensus was she didn't

1:49.7

have a great night which given that she only has one backer who isn't herself not great so that's the

1:53.9

live bland in terms of the second tier candidates obviously then you have listeners at home can

1:58.1

sing the chorus but Kia's on Kiaast Armour is cleared the MP threshold in this halfway having got the endorsement of

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