The man likely to be Britain’s next Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, on the US-UK relationship in the age of Trump and more

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Today on the show, Fareed speaks with David Lammy, British Labour politician and Shadow Foreign Secretary, about the upcoming UK election in which Labour is expected to win in a landslide. They also discuss what a Labour government’s approach to a second Trump presidency would look like, as well as the UK’s foreign policy amid wars in the Gaza and Ukraine. Then, The Economist’s Paris bureau chief Sophie Pedder joins the show to break down President Macron’s decision to call snap elections in France, and the risk this gamble poses for his party’s political future. Finally, economics professor and author of “The Longevity Imperative” Andrew Scott explains how to navigate the promises and the challenges that come with our increasingly long lifespans, from promoting healthy aging to building multi-phase careers. Guests: David Lammy (@DavidLammy), Sophie Pedder (@PedderSophie), Andrew Scott (@ProfAndrewScott) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the Global Public Square.
0:04.5	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:08.0	I'm Fareed Zakaria coming to you from London.
0:12.0	Today on the show... from London.
0:12.8	Today on the show, polls predict that Britain's Labour Party
0:18.0	will win big in next month's election
0:20.7	after being out of power for 14 years. If that happens my guess David Lammy
0:26.7	is likely to become the country's foreign secretary. I'll ask him what Britain
0:31.1	would do differently in Ukraine and the Middle East and how he would
0:35.1	deal with the potential President Trump.
0:38.0	You have called him a woman-hating neo-Nazi sympathizing psychopathic.
0:42.3	It's going to be an awkward meeting in the White House.
0:47.0	Across the channel, France will hold elections even sooner.
0:50.0	It's one of the most dangerous political gambles in recent memory played by President
0:55.8	Emmanuel Macron.
0:57.2	Alas, the Economist Paris Bureau Chief Sophie Better, whether it can work.
1:03.0	And a sneak being at America's Mess with Mexico,
1:08.0	my new primetime special.
1:12.0	But first, here's my take. In June 2016 the Brexit referendum alerted us all to the
1:19.6	rising power of populism and signaled that Donald Trump had a real chance of winning.
1:26.0	Visiting Britain now on the eve of its general election, I felt I caught another glimpse
1:31.0	of where politics might be headed in advanced democracies.
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