Starmer meets Biden
The News Agents
Global
4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
PM Starmer has just arrived in Washington to meet President Biden for the first time.
Arguably at a time when Biden needs Starmer more than Starmer needs the US president.
He’s there to talk NATO - and our commitment to Ukraine. But questions about our own defence spending will pursue him.
We’ll talk to the shadow foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell about Sir Keir's first week and the Tories last (in government for now). What lessons are his own party gleaning from their election defeat?
And we reflect on billionaire brexiteer household appliance maker James Dyson’s fortunes as he fires a thousand people.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.8 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.2 | My message is very, very clear that this NATO summit is an opportunity for allies to stand together, |
| 0:20.7 | to strengthen their resolve, particularly |
| 0:22.9 | in light of that appalling attack against Russian aggression. I'm pleased to have the early |
| 0:27.8 | opportunity to affirm and reaffirm. That is the Prime Minister about to board what will no doubt |
| 0:33.7 | be christened Keerforce One. On his way to the United States, his first foray into |
| 0:41.0 | international politics as Britain's new Prime Minister. |
| 0:45.4 | Keard for take-off. |
| 0:46.7 | Care and pleasant danger. |
| 0:48.2 | We have not given up on our dream of becoming headline writers for the tabloids at some point |
| 0:53.2 | in our career. |
| 0:54.0 | It's all we're probably good for. |
| 0:55.5 | But this is serious business, the 75th anniversary of NATO, |
| 0:59.5 | and whether Britain is spending enough on defence, |
| 1:03.4 | is Keir Stama going to come under pressure to pledge even more? |
| 1:07.5 | Welcome to the Newsagents. |
| 1:12.0 | The Newsagents. The Newsagents. |
| 1:14.5 | It's John. |
| 1:15.6 | It's Emily. |
| 1:16.1 | It's Lewis. |
| 1:17.0 | And it must have been quite a... |
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