PREVIEW: LABOUR: UK ELECTION: Coversation with colleague Mary Kissel of Stephens Incorporated re the pending July 4 General Election in the UK and what the presumed Labour Party overwhelming success can mean for the US and the "special relationship" with

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PREVIEW: LABOUR: UK ELECTION: Coversation with colleague Mary Kissel of Stephens Incorporated re the pending July 4 General Election in the UK and what the presumed Labour Party overwhelming success can mean for the US and the "special relationship" with Mother Country. More tonight.

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0:00.0	This is John Batchelor, conversation with my good colleague Mary Kessel, Executive Vice President
0:06.3	Stevens Incorporated former senior advisor to the Secretary of State about the UK elections
0:11.9	July 4th in 36 days.
0:15.0	Turns on the special relationship will it continue under an overwhelming labor victory
0:21.0	which according to the polls is imminent more than 450. of the with Labor's policies. Will that include good relations with the U.S?
0:35.0	Mary answers carefully.
0:37.0	This is the UK election July 4th, and it means a change of government after 14 years, 13 14 years in the
0:47.8	conservative camp. More of this later tonight. Thank you. The special
0:52.4	relationship is not just a close
0:54.6	military and intelligence relationship, it also spans all kinds of things,
0:59.2	shared cultural values and history and exchanges and I mean Britain is in some sense the mother
1:09.6	country of the United States so it's not going anywhere and Kirstarmer has made some welcome remarks
1:16.2	about the special relationship and how important it is to him and he has in Joe Biden an ideologically
1:22.2	similar U.S. President president so I think if anything the
1:25.4	relationship should be in some respects eased because you have Democrats
1:30.9	running Washington you have will have labor running the UK.

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