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Political Fix

The ousting of Kim Darroch and Corbyn's latest travails on anti-Semitism and Brexit

Political Fix

Financial Times

News, Politics, News & Politics

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The resignation of the UK's ambassador to the US this week caused a huge stir in Westminster, thanks to a leak of confidential diplomatic cables. Why did Kim Darroch decide to go? Was Boris Johnson to blame? And what does it tell us about the state of the civil service? Plus, we discuss the BBC expose of how Labour has dealt with anti-Semitism complaints and whether it is finally becoming the party of Remain. Presented by Sebastian Payne, with George Parker, Robert Shrimsley, James Blitz and Jim Pickard - and Bronwen Maddox from the Institute of Government. Produced by Anna Dedhar and Salome Pkhaladze.

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0:37.0

Welcome to F.T. politics, a weekly discussion on what's happening in Westminster from the Financial Times.

0:43.2

I'm Sebastian Payne.

0:44.9

In this episode we'll be discussing Kim Gate, the leaked cables in ensuing diplomatic

0:49.7

round that cost Britain's ambassador to the US his job,

0:53.0

plus what it tells us about the impending Boris Johnson government

0:56.6

and how he'll be treated by the civil service.

0:59.4

Plus we'll be digging into the BBC's latest expose on anti-Semitism in the Labour Party and

1:05.1

whether the so-called 4 M's around Jeremy Corbyn are losing their grip on power.

1:10.3

I'm delighted to be joined by our political editor George Parker, columnist Robert Shrimsley, Whitehall editor James Blitz, and Chief Political Correspondent Jim Picard.

1:19.0

We're also delighted to welcome special guest Bronwyn Maddox, Director of the Institute for Government Think Tank.

1:24.4

Thank you all for joining.

1:25.7

And if you find yourself liking this episode of FT Politics, then do subscribe through all the usual

1:30.1

channels to receive it every Saturday morning. We also do like a good positive

1:34.6

review. Until last weekend Kim Darak was the relatively unknown British

1:39.5

Ambassador to the United States. That all changed following the explosive release of confidential diplomatic

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