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#StateThinking: British Democracy survives the dispirited Tories. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

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🗓️ 26 June 2024

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#StateThinking: British Democracy survives the dispirited Tories. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-24/sunak-compares-starmer-to-truss-in-warning-on-uk-economy?srnd=homepage-uk&sref=5g4GmFHo

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0:00.0

I'm John Batzter with my good colleague Mary Kistel, Executive Vice President Stevenson

0:09.8

Incorporated, former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, we go to the July 4th election.

0:16.7

240 years later, the United Kingdom will vote on a new government or not. The polls tell us that it's lopsided, that labor out of government

0:27.6

for 13 years will enjoy an overwhelming majority in Parliament.

0:34.6

That is to be seen.

0:35.6

However, the story turns on is labor acceptable now more than it used to be to be out

0:41.9

of power for 13 years.

0:43.4

Mary, what do you make of Labor's presentation?

0:47.0

The word change seems to be their sole idea for campaigning.

0:51.8

And Kirstarma, the head head of labor obtuse all the time which I think is

0:56.0

on purpose they didn't want a color for a person leading them but labor's got the same

1:00.5

old ideas tax and spend tax and spend or has something changed?

1:04.8

Well I think the most notable thing that's changed on the labor side is that

1:09.0

Cirst Armour has rightly excised the stain of anti-Semitism from the party.

1:16.1

He subjected the members that held those beliefs, and he had to do that because the party was unelectable otherwise.

1:25.0

Now in terms of its policy agenda, you're absolutely correct.

1:30.0

In incoming Labor Party with these ideas will I think unfortunately send the

1:36.3

country back to a Gordon Brown-like malaise that one of the world's

1:41.3

largest economies and most important trading partners for the United States can ill afford.

1:46.0

But, you know, oftentimes in politics, John, your greatest asset is your opponent.

1:51.0

And Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister currently

1:55.8

of the Tory Party, simply has not laid out

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