The Week: Trump Victory and a New Shadow Cabinet

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Today, we look at what a Donald Trump victory means for the UK and Kemi Badenoch’s first week as leader of the opposition.

Adam Fleming, Chris Mason, Alex Forsyth and Nick Watt discuss the political and economic impact of Donald Trump winning the US election. They also talk about the planned increase in tuition fees and the Bank of England’s interest rate decision.

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You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming, Chris Mason, Alex Forsyth and Nick Watt. It was made by Chris Gray with Anna Harris and Gemma Roper. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:05.0	Hello for the final time from the pretend newscast studio in the BBC HQ in Washington, D.C.
0:11.6	Here is a chance to hear me and friends of the pod chatting about what a week it has been in British and American politics in this episode of Newscast.
0:20.6	Newscast from the BBC.
0:23.0	Governor Harris is a train wreck.
0:24.6	Donald Trump is increasingly unhind.
0:27.2	Childless cat ladies.
0:28.2	These guys are creepy and yes, just weird as hell.
0:30.8	Fis pumping after getting shot.
0:32.6	A palms are slipping.
0:33.6	There has to be a point at which dad comes home.
0:36.5	Let us choose John.
0:43.1	Hello, it's Adam in the pretend newscast studio in Washington, D.C.
0:47.1	And it is Chris in the real newscast studio in central London.
0:52.6	And is Alex also in the real newscast studio.
0:55.4	And Nick, enjoying the vibes in the real studio.
0:59.2	Now, I know you will all want to know about the vibes in Washington, D.C.
1:02.7	And the way I'd sum it up is it's kind of, we're in a weird limbo because lots of the things
1:08.4	that people predicted might happen haven't happened. So, for example,
1:11.9	there were loads of journalists here who thought right now they'd still be filling airtime
1:16.6	and speculating about what the result was going to be because it wouldn't have been decided
1:19.6	yet because back in 2020, it wasn't decided until Saturday afternoon. That didn't happen. And actually,
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