The UK in Trump’s world
Political Fix
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🗓️ 8 November 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Despite past criticism of Donald Trump, Sir Keir Starmer has sent ‘hearty’ praise to the president-elect for his victory this week. But what will transatlantic relations be like in 2025 and what does a Trump presidency mean for a Labour government? And, after Kemi Badenoch won the Tory leadership contest, we assess her first days in the job. Political Fix host Lucy Fisher is joined by US national editor and columnist Ed Luce, Deputy Washington bureau chief Lauren Fedor, Jim Pickard and Katy Balls, political editor of the Spectator.
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| 0:00.0 | I think it'd Trample challenge Kiers Damas's flexibility and adaptability, but it could turn out to be an opportunity for the UK. |
| 0:07.8 | I think the name of the game is uncertainty. Anything is possible. |
| 0:12.2 | Chaos. It will be seismic in ways that we cannot predict crazy. |
| 0:18.4 | Hello and welcome to political fix from the Financial Times with me, Lucy Fisher. |
| 0:23.4 | Well, what a week. Donald Trump is back. America has spoken and will be asking what the |
| 0:29.1 | incoming Republican president means for the UK and the wider world. Plus, the new Tory leader |
| 0:34.5 | Kemi Badenok has picked her top team, held her first shadow cabinet meeting and embraced her debut appearance against Kirstama at Prime Minister's |
| 0:42.3 | questions. |
| 0:43.6 | To dissect all this and more, I'm joined by political fix regular Jim Picard. |
| 0:47.9 | Hi, Jim. |
| 0:48.8 | Hey, Lizzie. |
| 0:49.7 | And you're joining down the line, Jim, after a heroic football injury last night while |
| 0:53.5 | playing with some fellow lobby journalists. |
| 0:55.7 | I'm manfully struggling on. |
| 0:57.7 | And from Washington, D.C., we're joined by our US national editor and columnist Ed Luce. |
| 1:02.1 | Hi, Ed. |
| 1:02.7 | Hi, great to be with you. |
| 1:04.1 | And our Deputy Washington Bureau Chief, Lauren Fido. |
| 1:07.0 | Hi, Lauren. |
| 1:07.7 | Hi, Lucy. |
| 1:09.9 | Well, thanks in particular to you two when I'm sure you've not had |
| 1:13.1 | very much sleep in recent days. So to kick off, Ed and Lauren, help us understand the |
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