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Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

ITV News

News, Government, Politics

4.3 • 179 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Day two of the campaign and it’s just as full on as day one. After the Tories had what can be described as not the best of starts to the campaign, Labour’s been hit with the double whammy of deputy leader Tom Watson resigning and two former Labour MPs urging voters to back Boris Johnson. And if that wasn’t enough, after just one episode, Daniel’s co-host Shehab is nowhere to be seen! We track him down to find out exactly what he’s playing at. The big theme of today's campaign has been the economy - with Labour and the Conservatives making big spending promises to voters. Labour's pledging an extra 150 billion pounds and investment on a scale "never seen before". The Conservatives say they'll also borrow more to spend more on transport and hospitals. Do the sums add up? We call Robert on his lunch break to get his take on it all. With the chancellor and shadow chancellor in the north west of England, we talk to the political editor of the Manchester Evening News, Jen Williams, about the gap in government investment between the north and south - and what else matters to voters away from the Westminster bubble.

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0:00.0	Well, hello there. Welcome to episode two of Calling Peston on day two of the 2019 general election campaign.
0:09.6	A campaign already living up to the extraordinary political times we are living in.
0:14.1	Since recording our first podcast yesterday, Boris Johnson has launched the Tory campaign,
0:18.4	interrupted halfway through by the shop resignation of Labour's
0:21.9	Deputy Leader Tom Watson. And then today we have two former Labour MPs saying now Labour voters
0:28.0	should vote for Boris Johnson and it's only day two. We will of course be calling Robert Peston
0:34.2	to get his take on what all of this means. Plus, very excited to say we'll be speaking to one of the best journalists there is,
0:41.1	Jen Williams, political editor of the Manchester Evening News.
0:44.6	She'll be on the show today because Sajid Javid, the Chancellor, has been in Manchester,
0:48.1	John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor, has been in Liverpool.
0:50.5	It's all happening in the Northwestern England today, so we'll have more from Jen in a bit.
0:54.8	But first, we promise to bring you a podcast every weekday between now and election night.
1:00.2	And it's a promise we would gladly write on the side of a bus and drive round Britain because we are keeping it.
1:06.5	But one person who has already broken is.
1:09.7	Promise is my co-host, my podcast partner, my friend and yours, Shehab Khan, who isn't here?
1:17.4	Producer Lewis, where's Sheehab?
1:19.4	He couldn't make it, Dan.
1:20.6	What do you mean?
1:21.1	I think he's in Manchester.
1:22.5	What do you mean?
1:23.1	Following the chancellor.
1:24.6	But the plan was for him to come back, right?
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