Starmer Vs Robbins
Talk Breakfast
Ricky Freelove
4.3 • 763 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Ian Collins unpacks the latest with The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer as he faces intensifying pressure after reports he pushed Peter Mandelson’s appointment despite security warnings and procedural objections. Sacked Foreign Office chief Sir Olly Robbins is expected to tell MPs ministers knew the risks and he followed convention. The row has deepened Westminster turmoil, with opposition leaders demanding resignations and Labour figures questioning Starmer’s judgment, candour and authority.
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| 0:00.0 | The Home of Common Sense. This is Talk. We are delighted that Matt Vickers, MP, Deputy Chair, the Conservative Party, is back with us. Hello, Matt. Morning. Chips out of a vending machine. Full on. $2.99. That sounds quite expensive, doesn't it? $2.99? I think chips are, they are, you know what they've done with chips? |
| 0:21.1 | They just give you loads of them now in quite a lot of, you know, you used to be like, oh, they give really bad portions. The one I go to could feed, it's almost biblical. You buy a bag of chips for the whole family, just buy one bag, seriously. Do you go with the scraps, though? Do you get the scraps? I like the scraps. So they don't seem to be scrap-based as much as they used to. |
| 0:38.3 | But not as scrappy as they once were. |
| 0:39.7 | They were once really scrappy, and now they're not scrappy but would you want chips out of a vending machine i'd give it a world is this like a self-heating vending machine or you're getting cold chips you hope there's a heater it's a bit bizarre i've never seen a heated vending machine really well is it in Japan where you can buy all sorts from vending machines? |
| 0:55.6 | From underwear to, you know, to cupcakes. |
| 1:01.1 | Just conveniently buy underwear. |
| 1:03.0 | Exactly. |
| 1:03.9 | Who's walking through a shopping centre and suddenly goes, |
| 1:06.0 | I forgot to put my pants up? |
| 1:08.0 | Where's the vending machine? |
| 1:10.2 | I said bring on the chip vending machines. |
| 1:11.9 | I think it seems like a good idea, but nobody tells Stammer because he'll ban it. |
| 1:14.9 | Well, you'd like to think they're being cooked kind of there and then if someone's just popping them in and you're dispensing them. Microchips. They still do those? Remember you had the soggy box thing. See, I thought that when I was a kid, I thought that was the most incredible invention microchips. |
| 1:26.0 | It was just a box and you know, 60 seconds. |
| 1:28.9 | Well then there was, you had the microchips with the soggy box and it had like some sort of film thing that reflected the, and then and then you got those ones that were the fries with a little separator. That's right, you did. They stayed firm and sharp and crispy. They know what they're doing the McCain boys, don't they? They really do. You were there yesterday in the theatre of love or the theatre of doom, depending on where you're sitting, I suppose. |
| 1:51.0 | It was interesting, it was lengthy, it was fairly quiet to start with as well. |
| 1:57.0 | Well, it's the silence that gets you. You know when when we were in government, well, at all times in politics, |
| 2:02.1 | if you go on those WhatsApp groups and nobody's speaking, |
| 2:04.9 | it means there's trouble. |
| 2:06.9 | There's trouble brewing these people on those back benches, |
| 2:10.5 | these spineless Labour MPs who should have got rid of him long, long ago, |
| 2:13.8 | who've allowed the government to get into this state, |
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