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The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

NS#197: Corbyn and Clive Lewis

The New Statesman | UK politics and culture

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🗓️ 9 February 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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This week, Helen and Stephen ask what Labour got out of the Article 50 vote. Was Clive Lewis right to defy the whip and who might succeed Corbyn as party leader? Jason Cowley, our editor, joins to discuss his interview with Theresa May and what she did (and did not say) about Donald Trump. And you ask us: what is a three-line whip?

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0:00.0

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0:11.0

So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas.

0:16.5

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0:20.8

Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by, on track to your

0:35.0

there.

0:40.0

the care in the world as you simply lean back.

0:37.0

And before you know it, you're there.

0:40.0

This is how travels should feel,

0:42.0

and on our trains it does.

0:45.0

Avanti West Coast feel good travel. Hello I'm Helen and this is the new states from podcast. You join us in the week where there have been three

1:06.8

count-um days of debate in the House of Commons about Article 50 culminating in a vote which

1:11.3

Labour whipped. We'll talk later about what a three-line whip means.

1:15.0

We also talk about who the next Labour leader might be.

1:17.0

Place your bets now, people.

1:18.0

And Jason Cowley, our editor, joins us to talk about his interview with the Prime Minister Theresa May.

1:23.0

So Article 50 Stephen, what a thrill, what a joy, what a dance.

1:32.0

Labour didn't really get anything they wanted at a bit

1:35.0

So we haven't got a guarantee that the rights of EU nationals in the UK will be protected

1:39.0

Although watch that space because it's something than 80% of people in the country thinking we ought to

1:44.3

14% don't know and only 6% opposed so that is your classic issue for where the

1:48.7

lords enjoys defeating the government is one where they can basically go look there might not be a

1:53.1

parliamentary majority for this in the Commons we might be unelected but guess what

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