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Westminster Hour

Westminster Hour 22 June 2025

Westminster Hour

BBC

News, Government

4246 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

What next after America strikes Iran?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to this edition of The Westminster Hour with me, Ben Wright and my guests.

0:11.6

Coming up, warnings of an escalating crisis after the United States bombs, nuclear sites in Iran.

0:17.9

We'll discuss the possible fallout and what role the UK has to play,

0:22.3

urging restraint while trying to keep the White House close. The Justice Secretary has said

0:27.2

the ECHR needs to evolve in order to maintain the public's trust. But what would that reform look

0:32.9

like? And as the health secretary says the assisted dying bill was the wrong choice, we'll discuss what the next steps are for the landmark legislation.

0:42.6

First, let's meet my panel.

0:45.8

Jake Richards is the Labour MP for Rother Valley and was elected to the Commons last summer.

0:50.6

Before politics, Jake was a barrister and he joined us from his constituency there. Now,

0:55.9

hi Jake. Good evening. How are you? All right. Thanks for joining us.

0:59.8

Saki Batti represents Meriden and Solihull East for the Conservatives and is also Shadow Culture

1:04.4

Minister. He was a junior minister in the Department for Science in the last Conservative

1:08.7

government and is with us in the studio. Good evening, Skiy. Hi, good evening.

1:12.1

Sophia Gaston is visiting fellow in the Centre for Statecraft and National Security at King's College, London,

1:18.6

and an all-round foreign policy expert. And you're off to the NATO summit in the Hague on Tuesday,

1:24.2

aren't you? I am always good to be going to the Hague by choice.

1:28.6

I think there's going to be a sumptuous royal banquet, apparently.

1:31.4

Will you try and wangle an invite to that?

1:34.1

We'll see. It's a little bit like party conferences.

1:37.0

It's rather embarrassing to be grafting for an invite.

1:41.6

And the Guardian's deputy political editor, Jessica Elgert, is with us to our insider guide

1:46.8

to the week ahead.

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