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Politics Unpacked

Starmer's Damage Control

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

How bad is the fallout from the sacking of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador? With a State visit fast approaching, can Starmer recover - or is he a "dead man walking"?


Ed Vaizey is joined by Alys Denby and Michael Binyon to unpack the politics of the day. 


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0:41.3

We're using more electricity all the time, we're increasingly using it to power our cars,

0:44.9

heat our homes, and that's before you've even thought about charging the whole family's devices,

0:50.0

so much so that demand is set to double by 2050.

0:53.4

Much of the demand will be met from homegrown sources, like offshore wind.

0:57.2

But Britain can't harness all that energy without a grid ready to meet our changing needs.

1:01.8

That means growing the network of pylons, underground cables and substations that get energy moving right across the country,

1:08.2

creating jobs and increasing energy security in the process.

1:11.9

Their message is, moving the grid forward moves us all forward.

1:15.1

To find out more, visit moving the gridforward.co.uk.

1:22.3

Plans for the civil service.

1:27.1

We'll also discuss why many more of us are working into our 80s

1:31.5

joining me now are two people who are definitely not ready to retire any time soon it's

1:35.8

city a m's opinions editor alice denby welcome hello thank you for having me and the times is former

1:41.3

diplomatic editor michael binion brackets aged 82 and a half, closed brackets.

1:46.2

Not quite.

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