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The New Statesman
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Anoosh Chakelian, Ailbhe Rea and Patrick Maguire take a look at the 'constructive criticism' strategy of Keir Starmer's front bench, before putting their collective boffinery to the task of answering your questions on how to avoid reading British politics as a soap opera.
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| 1:14.1 | Patrick McGuire and Alveray and Stephen Bush is on holiday taking some deserve time off to talk |
| 1:19.6 | about the Labour Party and how opposition is going during the coronavirus crisis and who the key players are on Kiasama's front bench? |
| 1:26.7 | And then you ask us, how do we stop seeing Westminster as a soap opera? is so popular. Since Britain shut down on the 23rd of March it's changed beyond |
| 1:38.8 | recognition as has British politics right down to what the House of Commons looks like. |
| 1:43.7 | But one of the biggest changes has been in the opposition. So Kiestarma was elected |
| 1:48.3 | Labour leader at the beginning of April the day before Boris Johnson went to hospital. |
| 1:52.2 | And in a parallel universe, you know, this would be the objective of everyone's attention, |
| 1:57.2 | but it's sort of gone under the radar. |
| 1:58.8 | So how do you think the opposition are doing and how have they changed in this time |
| 2:02.2 | from under Jeremy Corbyn? |
| 2:04.0 | Well if you look at certain sections of Twitter you'll learn that Kiestambe isn't doing very much opposition at all. |
| 2:11.0 | I think there would be some people in the leader's office |
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