Sir Clear Starmer
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
The Labour Leader is cleared by police over Durham lockdown beers. And the former chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has launched his bid to be the leader of the Conservative party. Adam is joined by the Guardian’s Jess Elgot and the Spectator’s Katy Balls for a politics roundup. Japan’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has been shot and killed while giving a campaign speech. We talk through the legacy of the country’s longest-serving leader with the BBC’s Mariko Oi. And Professor Brian Cox is in the studio to talk about his new tour, black holes and climate change.
This edition on Newscast was made by Chris Flynn, Alix Pickles and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, I spent a big part of my life as a political journalist just going out and talking |
| 0:09.5 | to people in random bits of the country. |
| 0:12.0 | And I loved it because it was a fantastic way of just finding out what people felt about |
| 0:17.3 | things and such good kind of insurance against a bubbleisation. |
| 0:22.0 | So I'm very jealous that Seema Katech has been in redding. |
| 0:26.0 | Ed Thomas has been in Maccusfield and Fiona Trott has been in Darlington, plugging themselves |
| 0:30.5 | into the British people. |
| 0:31.6 | Excuse me, sir. Sorry to disturb. I'm from BBC News Night just wondering what you think |
| 0:37.8 | about Boris Johnson resigning today. |
| 0:39.9 | I want him to go. He's a pain in the ass. |
| 0:42.9 | I think it's a shame that he's left and I don't think he's that successful. |
| 0:46.6 | You're part of these 14 million who've said I want Boris Johnson. |
| 0:50.0 | The 14 million should get together and descend on London. |
| 0:53.2 | I didn't even know he resigned. I've just finished work. |
| 0:56.5 | So well, that's a bit of good news for the day. I suppose, isn't it? |
| 1:00.8 | And now that the drama has abated or been replaced by a different box set, we're going |
| 1:06.0 | to go back to the classic newscast titles. |
| 1:08.5 | Newscast. |
| 1:09.5 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:11.3 | Nobody said to me, this is an event that is against the rules. |
| 1:14.8 | Beyond the back of better. Blah, blah, blah. |
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