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The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

NS #113: Europe's refugee crisis

The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

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🗓️ 3 September 2015

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This week, we ask whether Cameron will respond to the growing refugee crisis in Europe, discuss the Labour leadership as the election grows ever closer, and discuss Terry Pratchett's final posthumous work.

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zero carbon generation at edf energy.com slash helping Britain. Welcome to the New Statesman podcast. I'm Deputy Editor Helen Lewis and this week I'll be talking to Stephen Bush and George Eaton about the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean and the last days of the Labour leadership election.

1:11.0

Then Caroline Crampton joins me and Stephen to talk

1:13.9

about Terry Pratchett's final book. It is the first week back for politics after the summer.

1:28.0

It is the first week back for politics after the summer.

1:30.5

Parliament ends its summer recess next week and I'm joined by George Eaton

1:33.8

our politics editor and Stephen Bush editor of the Staggers to talk about it. George I

1:37.6

just want to talk to you first quickly about the migrant or refugee situation

1:41.3

that's developed over the last couple of days.

1:43.0

I know you just tweeted that the petition as we record this has gone over 100,000 for it to be

1:48.0

debate in the Commons.

1:49.0

Cameron's under a lot of change his stance which is that we will not take more refugees from the Middle East.

1:54.7

Is that likely to remain the case do you think? I think he will have to move. I mean whether

1:59.7

he moves as far as some such as I bet Cooper wants.

2:03.0

The vet cooper's called for Britain to take at least 10,000.

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