Should the EU referendum be postponed?

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2015

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Philip Webster is joined by Stewart Wood and Daniel Finkelstein.Stewart Wood:The Syrian crisis looks set to dominate British politics for the foreseeable future. Issues around the response to terrorism in Europe, dealing with unprecedented migration flows & UK involvement in bringing the Syrian conflict to an end should be the overwhelming priorities for our Government. Given the seriousness and complexity of these issues, David Cameron should seek all-party support for postponing the EU referendum until 2019.Daniel FInkelstein:During the first years of this government, it was argued that we needed to borrow more because we were in a recession. Now we aren't in one it should follow that this is the time to borrow less. We can't continue with a massive structural deficit.

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0:50.0	Welcome to the opinion podcast from The Times. I'm Philip Webster. I edit the Times Red Box
0:59.7	Bulletin and the Red Box website. Today we have two pairs of the realm. Danny Finkelstein, Times
1:08.2	Columnist and Associate Editor in another place he is known as Lord Finkelstein of Pinner and we have Stuart Wood
1:15.6	former advisor to Gordon Brown and Ed Milliband and currently sitting on the
1:21.5	front bench in the Lords where he is known as Lord Wood of
1:26.4	Anfield so you can guess where his colours are nailed but Danny could easily be called Lord Finkelstein of Stamford Bridge.
1:36.0	Issues around the response to terrorism in Europe, dealing with unprecedented migration flows,
1:42.0	and UK involvement in bringing the Syrian conflict to an end should be the overwhelming priorities for our government.
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