Trump’s Tariffs: Is Globalisation Over?
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BBC
4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Today, the Prime Minister has responded to Trump’s tariffs saying the government is ready to step in to protect the UK economy.
Paddy’s away so Jeremy Vine makes a guest appearance to go through it all.
They also discuss the Foreign Secretary David Lammy saying it’s unacceptable that two Labour MPs have been refused entry to Israel, but Kemi Badenoch appearing to back Israel over the issue.
And there are concerns, denied by the government, that the Online Safety Bill could be watered down.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Paddy is still on holiday. |
| 0:06.6 | Lucky Paddy. |
| 0:08.0 | However, we've been able to rope in a proper radio legend. |
| 0:11.8 | Actually, he'll think that's rude because that's like I'm suggesting he's not a radio legend. |
| 0:15.0 | Oh God, he'll be devastating. |
| 0:15.9 | And in case you don't know by that voice. |
| 0:19.6 | My name is Jeremy Vine and I am so thrilled to be here and I, Paddy, if he hears it will be upset |
| 0:24.7 | so we'll have to find a way of explaining why we said that. |
| 0:27.4 | Maybe I'll bring him a present next week. |
| 0:28.8 | I think you'll be fine then. |
| 0:29.6 | Excellent. Let's get on with it then on this Sunday's newscast. |
| 0:32.5 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:34.7 | I like landscapes. |
| 0:35.7 | I don't think I'm being rude. Japping, unemployed people who are |
| 0:38.9 | overweight. That is not the agenda. It's the fun police working overtime. The star is born. Elon. |
| 0:44.9 | So, part that a miracle let us happen. Frankly, I think we need a British Trump. Take me down to |
| 0:49.8 | Downing Street. Let's go have it to work. Blimey. Hello, it's Laura in the studio and... Jeremy Vine. |
| 0:57.5 | One of those days when there is so much news and the Prime Minister, I was sort of trying to take |
| 1:02.3 | control of it by doing a piece in the Sunday Telegraph saying, I'm going to stand up for Britain and |
| 1:06.5 | try and protect us from this craziness all over. But one of the things that the government |
| 1:10.6 | is actually saying openly now, |
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