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Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

Trump says he'll stay out of the election...then talks about Johnson, Brexit and the NHS

Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast

ITV News

News, Government, Politics

4.3179 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

He’s unpredictable and he’s over here - Donald Trump is in the UK for a three-day visit. He said to journalists this morning that he would "stay out of the election". Less than 10 minutes later, he said Boris Johnson was very capable. Mr Trump then went onto say he was a fan of Brexit, and when asked about whether he could work with Jeremy Corbyn if he became PM, said "I can work with anybody". And on the NHS - the subject of many a row during this campaign, he said the health service would not be on the table during UK-US trade talks after Brexit and America would not be interested even it was "handed to us on a platter". Will the president's comments have an impact on the campaign - or will voters be turned off by a foreign leader talking about our election? Daniel and Shehab get Robert's take. Daniel and Shehab also catch up with ITV News National Editor Allegra Stratton - she's spent the last few weeks travelling the country and racking up thousands of miles (with a few Big Macs and G&Ts along the way) visiting the battleground seats that could be crucial in deciding the outcome of the election. Allegra shares what she's found speaking to voters in those key seats - is Brexit the only thing on their minds? We’ll bring you a new episode of Calling Peston every weekday around 5pm throughout the election campaign. Don’t forget to subscribe - and if you like what you hear, do rate us and leave a review. Get in touch with the Calling Peston team - contact @DanielHewittITV, @ShehabKhan and @Peston. For the latest election news, go to itv.com/news and follow @ITVNewsPolitics on Twitter.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to episode 20 of calling Peston. I'm Daniel Hewitt. That is Shihab Khan and as ever,

0:11.5

we will be calling Robert Peston for his take on the day's big news. Also on today's podcast,

0:17.8

we'll be speaking to our national editor, Legra Stratton, who has spent

0:22.0

lucky her the last four weeks, traveling around the UK, visiting the most important

0:27.1

seats in this election in her battleground series. We'll be speaking to her about what she's

0:32.2

been hearing on the ground out there in the country. But first, here's my colleague, my co-host, my friend.

0:38.6

She-Hab calm with the rundown of the day's news.

0:40.5

That's the nicest thing you ever said.

0:41.8

That's all right.

0:42.4

Gric on.

0:43.2

The US President Donald Trump is in the UK for the NATO summit

0:46.8

and vowed not to get involved in British politics

0:49.3

ahead of the general election.

0:51.7

He did, however, say that he thought Boris Johnson was very capable, but he could work

0:55.7

with anybody, and that he was a fan of Brexit.

0:58.8

But when asked about whether or not parts of the NHS should be included in a future trade

1:04.1

deal, he said,

1:05.7

I don't even know where that rum is served.

1:08.1

We have absolutely nothing to do with it. And we wouldn't want to.

1:12.2

If you handed it to us on a silver platter, we want nothing to do with it. So he wants nothing to do

1:17.6

with it. Today, Boris Johnson had a walkabout in Salisbury where he was pictured handing out Turkish

1:22.1

delight. He then went off to attend some events for the NATO summit. Today, during an interview on this morning,

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