Live Q&A: One year of Keir
The News Agents
Global
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🗓️ 4 July 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Twelve months ago, the Conservatives suffered the worst general election result in their near 200 year history and Keir Starmer took up the mantle at Downing Street. It's been turbulent - from riots sweeping the UK, to party divisions and economic uncertainty.
This Friday, Jon and Lewis answer your questions about the Prime Minister's first year in office and look back on how his government is doing.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.9 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.2 | It is a year since Kirstama won that general election, went to the palace and then to Downing Street to start the business of governing |
| 0:23.9 | the United Kingdom. Kirstama became only the fourth Labour Prime Minister to ever win a majority |
| 0:30.6 | at a general election. It was historic as the last year has been. We're told that he isn't going to be doing anything special to mark his first anniversary |
| 0:40.6 | in office, but where the newsagents are. |
| 0:42.9 | This is a recording of a live Q&A that John and I did at one o'clock on Friday afternoon |
| 0:48.9 | with your questions about Kirstama, his first year in office and what the future for Labor might be. Welcome to the Newsagents. |
| 1:01.2 | The Newsagents. It's John. It's Lewis. And welcome to another special Q&A live stream on Global Player and on YouTube. |
| 1:11.6 | We're marking a year of Kirstama in Downing Street. |
| 1:14.8 | Let's go back 12 months to 5 in the morning on July the 5th, 2025. |
| 1:20.9 | And this is how we were reacting at the time in Newsagents HQ. |
| 1:25.2 | Bloody hell, what a weird, weird election. |
| 1:28.7 | Kirstama becomes the first person to take his party from opposition to government in 27 years. |
| 1:35.7 | That is the headline. |
| 1:37.0 | It was Rishi Sunak saying, it's not over till it's over. |
| 1:41.1 | A quarter to five this morning, it was over. |
| 1:45.0 | It's going to be almost certainly going to be the Conservatives' worst performance in history. |
| 1:49.0 | I have heard your anger, your disappointment, and I take responsibility for this loss. |
| 1:56.0 | Rishi Sunak is therefore the biggest loser in conservative electoral history. |
| 2:01.3 | The Labour Party very seldom looks happy about anything, |
| 2:04.8 | but they looked happy today. |
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