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The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

NS#164: Summer, splits and social mobility

The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

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🗓️ 28 July 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This week, Helen and Stephen explore Jeremy Corbyn’s appeal among different parts of the Labour membership, discuss Sarah Champion's return to the shadow-cabinet, and question the value of social mobility as an aim for the Left. You also ask us: When will Labour’s turmoil end? And what do we think about More United? (Helen Lewis, Stephen Bush).

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zero carbon generation at edf energy.com slash helping Britain. Hello I'm Helen and I'm Stephen and this is the New Statesman podcast so it's a deep

1:06.6

side to start the podcast so it's summer I'm feeling pretty summary actually I'm

1:10.8

I'm pleased that the news her had political news at least has dialed back to what I would kind of consider an acceptable level like there is a now a steady stream of news happening in kind of small increments rather than all the news all the time.

1:24.0

Yeah, I mean partly we feel like we've now got our new summer tradition of a labor leadership election which Jeremy

1:30.6

Corbyn will win by a landslide. Well, let's talk about Jeremy Corbyn,

1:34.0

because someone said to me today, well actually I saw it pass through my Twitter timeline,

1:38.0

and I think it's a really good point, that people aren't doing enough

1:41.0

to understand why people vote for Jeremy Corbyn.

1:43.6

You know, they said actually a number of people, you know,

1:46.4

really good academics, Rob Ford, Matthew Goodwin,

1:48.3

looked into the revolt on the right,

1:50.4

the idea of the left behind this sort of anti-globilization forces that drove the

1:55.2

support of UKIP.

1:57.0

But actually, you know, there are some incredibly dismissive things that are said about Jeremy

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