Len McCluskey
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Len McCluskey, the outgoing Unite union leader, chats to Adam about Labour’s chances at the next general election, and why he still wants Sir Keir Starmer to become prime minister even though he doesn’t trust him.
And...Attention travellers: we have some breaking news about changes to the government’s rules on going abroad.
Also, Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban is here to explain why the historic security pact known as AUKUS, between Australia, the UK and the US marks a major shift in diplomatic relations in the Asia-Pacific.
Today’s Newscast was made by Caitlin Hanrahan with Danny Wittenberg and Alix Pickles. The studio director was Nick Jones. Emma Close is the Assistant Editor and Jonathan Aspinwall is the Editor.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, just to be clear, this is not becoming a Liz Trust fan podcast, but I have to bring you this fantastic response to this week's mega-re shuffle |
| 0:19.7 | from Jan Raven's of Dead Ringers, doing who I think may be her new favorite impression. |
| 0:27.0 | Hi everyone I thought I should check in because there's been this big news. |
| 0:32.0 | I am the new foreign secretary. I know! Apparently I'm so |
| 0:39.1 | popular in the Conservative Party there's a meme going around saying in Liz we trust sick I mean that |
| 0:48.0 | is just so dope so now I'm not just the National Trust, I'm the International Trust, am I right? |
| 0:59.0 | Can't wait for that conference speech. |
| 1:02.0 | Yeah, so inspired by that though, we're going to start off today's episode with a bit of international news. |
| 1:07.0 | And then we'll be back to the National on newscast. |
| 1:10.0 | Newscast. |
| 1:11.0 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:12.0 | It will take some time before we figure out what our new normal is. |
| 1:16.0 | Now if that is the argument, then we are going into unprecedented territory. |
| 1:20.0 | Combined with contact tasting tracing. |
| 1:25.0 | Yes, yes, yes. |
| 1:28.0 | I'm a vegan, so of course I don't like meatballs. |
| 1:31.0 | Next slide please. |
| 1:32.0 | Blair, Blair, Blair, lose, lose. |
| 1:35.0 | lose. |
| 1:37.0 | Hello, it's Adam in the studio, and the start of today's episode of newscast is going to have a bit of an international flavor. |
| 1:43.4 | First of all, as we're recording this at 444 on Friday afternoon, Transport Secretary |
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