Sadiq Khan on Alistair Darling, COP and Xmas Trees

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BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Adam chats to Labour Mayor of London Sadiq Khan about Alistair Darling, COP28, Ulez and the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree.

And as Matt Hancock faces the Covid inquiry, Chris and former civil servant Jill Rutter give their analysis.

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Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Gemma Roper. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.6	It's become a bit of an annual tradition
0:07.0	that as Christmas party season gets underway,
0:10.5	the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,
0:12.4	drops into the studio.
0:13.6	Sort of like early Santa.
0:16.4	You remember last time he was here,
0:18.7	Chris had a bit of a go at him
0:20.0	because of the very, very skinny-looking Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square.
0:25.8	Anyway, I'm pleased to say the annual tradition is continued because the Mayor of London
0:29.2	Citi Khan is here. Hello.
0:30.7	Great to be with you back again on the newscast.
0:32.4	Yes, we'll talk about the London Christmas tree shortly. here, hello. Great to be with you back again on the newscars.
0:33.0	Yes, we'll talk about the London Christmas tree shortly, as we always do at this time of year.
0:36.7	But first of all, have you done your Spotify wrapped?
0:38.9	Do you know what Spotify wrapped is?
0:39.9	No, I don't.
0:40.9	So basically it's a thing where if you use Spotify it gives you your stats for what you've been listening to the most this year and so
0:47.5	Newscaster Mariela got in touch to say she apparently listened to 4,817 minutes of this podcast, which makes her in the top 2% of
0:56.5	listeners.
0:57.5	Is she your mom?
0:58.5	No.
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