Labour’s messy campaign week
Political Fix
Financial Times
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🗓️ 31 May 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
As the gloves come off and the parties swing into full campaign mode, Lucy Fisher is joined by the FT’s Miranda Green and Stephen Bush to consider – with five weeks to go – who’s pushing ahead. Has Labour’s very public row over whether Diane Abbott should be allowed to stand dented its prospects? And Lucy takes a trip west, to test the water in Bristol Central, a seat the Green Party has firmly in its sights. The team asks: can the Greens pose a threat to Labour?
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Presented by Lucy Fisher. Produced by Philippa Goodrich with Leah Quinn. Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Original music by Breen Turner and audio mix by Simon Panayi. The FT’s head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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| 0:38.6 | episode was recorded before the news broke that Diane Abbott had Kierstama's backing to stand. |
| 0:46.0 | As week one of electioneering draws to a close, who's stealing a march and who's stuttering. |
| 0:57.0 | Welcome to political fix from the FT with me Lucy Fisher. It's five weeks to go to the polls now, and joining me in the studio to discuss progress, |
| 1:01.0 | or perhaps lack of it, are F.T. Stephen Bush. Hi Stephen. |
| 1:05.2 | Hi, Lucy. And my colleague Miranda. |
| 1:07.8 | Hi Miranda. Hello Lucy. Now before we get into the detail I'm really excited to say that the bosses that |
| 1:17.4 | B have agreed there is so much going on in this campaign that political fix is |
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| 1:33.0 | Right, Miranda, Stephen, I don't know if you guys agree with me, but it feels just very |
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