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Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

The Nia Griffith One

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

BBC

News, Politics

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The Shadow Defence Secretary on learning Polish, how the classroom prepared her for frontline politics and Labour's wrangling over anti-Semitism.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the BBC.

0:03.4

So Theresa May made it to the Parliamentary Summer Holidays and survived.

0:08.6

If she had lost one of those big votes, if there had been a motion of no confidence,

0:15.0

if she faces one in the autumn, there still could be a general election.

0:20.6

In other words, Jeremy Corbyn could be months away from being our Prime Minister.

0:26.6

What is striking is there is so much noise.

0:29.6

So much division in the Conservative Party, there is remarkably little attention given to that prospect.

0:36.4

What a Corbyn government would be like, what policies he'd pursue,

0:40.0

and what makes the key figures in that potential Labour government tick.

0:44.6

There has been plenty of attention to Labour's own internal divisions,

0:50.2

rumbling in the background always.

0:53.2

Our splits on the issue of defence and international relations.

0:58.2

If there is an election soon, if Labour were to win it,

1:01.2

the woman lined up to be the next defence secretary is near Griffith MP4.

1:06.2

Sennetly.

1:07.2

Sennetly.

1:08.2

Thank you very much. Welcome to the podcast.

1:12.2

You're rather good at these languages, aren't you?

1:14.2

Well, I've had a fair bit of practice.

1:16.2

I hear that you're learning Polish.

1:18.2

Well, indeed I am. It's a real challenge.

1:20.2

I have to say even for a linguist like myself,

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