Local Electioncast: The Reaction! (Part 3)

Newscast

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Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Today, we look at how the political parties are reacting to this week’s local election results.

The Health Secretary Wes Streeting spoke to both Laura and Paddy to give the Labour view. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch, the Lib Dem leader Ed Davey and Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf were all on Laura’s Sunday show.

We also look at what party staffers are saying behind the scenes and how Zia Yusuf earned the cash that he’s funding his party with.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.7	We're underway with Sunday's newscast, and before we go anywhere else,
0:10.1	Jeff Goldblum, Hollywood A-lister, has serenaded you?
0:15.0	I suppose you rather did.
0:16.9	You're going to sing it for...
0:17.6	Laura. Here she is Laura.
0:19.2	One, two, three, four.
0:21.6	Out of a tree and fly, I just pick me a plum.
0:25.6	Look at you.
0:26.6	Perfect time.
0:27.6	I'll click, but I'm not singing.
0:28.6	I like your clicking, but you do sing.
0:30.6	The way you said that makes me feel the like, you're not going to sing now, but you do sing. Sometimes I sing in the studio before we go live while we're rehearsing,
0:38.6	but no one ever sees it apart from people who are there.
0:40.8	So we're not going to do it now.
0:42.6	Well, I want to know.
0:43.7	Note to editor. Keep that in.
0:44.7	That's a nugget that must be explored.
0:47.8	That's cute.
0:49.2	I think that's the word.
0:50.4	It's funny. I mean, I like your clicking, but even his voice is kind of like, wasn't he in Jurassic Park?
0:56.7	Yeah, Independence Day, wicked, all sorts of things.
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