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The Intelligence from The Economist

Labour's pains: Britain’s growth problem

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

News, Daily News, Global News

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

As Britain’s general-election campaign heats up, party leaders are vague on their economic plans. With growth so slow, how could the victor energise the economy? We visit the D-day beaches 80 years on, as war rages in Europe once again (10:19). And Venice’s new daytripper fee is designed to curb crowds. But putting a price on protecting beauty is proving controversial (17:42).  



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0:00.0

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0:06.1

and we're keeping oil and gas flowing from the North Sea. It's and not all. That's how BP is backing Britain. Well today we're mostly in oil and gas.

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1:01.3

Coda 2K.

1:06.0

The Economist.

1:15.0

Hello and welcome to Rosie Blore. Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world.

1:20.0

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world.

1:23.0

It's been exactly 80 years since the most successful amphibious military assault in the history of warfare.

1:35.3

We pay a D-Day visit to the beaches of Normandy, a time and place of poignant reflection as once

1:41.6

again war rages in Europe.

1:45.0

And the city of Venice is, well it's just stunning,

1:49.0

which is why so many people go.

1:51.0

Authorities would like to stem that tide so they're introducing a first

1:55.7

of its kind day tripper permit. We look at the plan and ask whether it has any hope of working.

2:07.0

First up though. Four weeks out from polling day the British election is heating up.

2:18.0

From the moment I got this job, Kia Starmer was telling me, call an election, call an election.

2:22.0

And now that we've called an election, he's saying, oh no, don't call an election. Call an election. And now that we've called an election,

2:23.6

he's saying, oh, no, don't have an election

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