War in Israel, and an interview with Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves
The News Agents
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4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
The News Agents at the Labour Party Conference: Day 1
The Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves joins The News Agents following her speech in Liverpool.
We discuss her plans to tax tech firms, her unwillingness to tax the rich and the Labour members carrying Palestinian flags outside the conference centre.
We also talk about the war that has begun formally today in Israel, after Hamas carried out a series of terror attacks this weekend.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.2 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:11.8 | A warning. No, not about swearing, although that might happen anyway. |
| 0:15.6 | It's to say that this podcast, which is normally about 30 minutes, might be a little bit longer this time round, |
| 0:20.4 | because frankly, there is just so much to talk about. We're here at the Labour Party conference. |
| 0:25.3 | You can probably hear the hubbub, but also what's unfolded in the Middle East is pretty epic and horrifying. |
| 0:32.1 | If you're walking a dog, your dog will love you for this episode. It might just be another 10 minutes of yapping around the park. |
| 0:38.5 | If you are on your cardio machine at the gym, go a tiny bit slower for a tiny bit longer. |
| 0:44.2 | We just want to do justice to what happened in Israel over the weekend |
| 0:48.2 | and to what's happening here in Liverpool at the Labour Party conference |
| 0:52.0 | on what could end up being their last conference before a general election. |
| 0:57.0 | And we'll be talking to the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves. |
| 1:00.4 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:04.8 | The Newsagents. |
| 1:06.8 | It's John. |
| 1:07.9 | It's Emily. |
| 1:08.6 | It's Lewis. |
| 1:09.2 | And we have just come out of the hall, which was rammed. |
| 1:13.3 | Standing room only, stewards trying to keep the crowds under control. And it was immense. |
| 1:19.0 | And this was for Rachel Reeve's speech as Shadow Chancellor. And there was a buzz in the room. |
| 1:25.5 | And I think it's quite a good job that we split up |
| 1:28.0 | because the mistake we made last week |
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