Q&A: Will Starmer recruit Campbell and the cost of Brexit
The Two Matts
The New World
4.2 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Will Keir Starmer involve Alastair Campbell in Number 10? How important is it that Labour provide stability? And how much impact do the media really have on voting outcomes? That and dirty rivers, NHS challenges and should politicians go to Glastonbury? Delve into the latest Q&A episode to find out.
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| 1:03.7 | Should we kick straight off? Let's just go for it. All right. Will Keir Starmer encourage Alistair |
| 1:07.9 | to take a role in number 10 if not why not from John |
| 1:10.8 | Eustace what do you reckon Matt well good question I mean I don't know and I hesitate to speak on |
| 1:14.8 | behalf of our other editor at large our fellow friend and colleague I mean I think he should I think |
| 1:20.5 | there's nobody who's I mean still to this day who has got his kind of finger on on what people |
| 1:27.4 | are feeling and how to communicate |
| 1:28.8 | it than Alastair. I mean, I think the great thing about what Stama, one advantage Stama will have |
| 1:34.6 | is he's the first Labour Prime Minister, he will be the first Labour Prime Minister, I think, |
| 1:39.5 | in the party's history, who will have around him quite a large number of people who've served in office for a |
| 1:46.4 | fairly long time yeah you know Blair brown Blunkett harrit Harmon alice the Campbell Peter |
| 1:53.2 | Madison and he can use them as much or as little as he wants and I agree with you I think |
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