What is Starmerism? Labour's first King's Speech
The News Agents
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🗓️ 17 July 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Keir Starmer promised "national renewal" in today's King's Speech, where he outlined his policy plans for the next parliament.
So did we get our first glimpse of what Starmerism might look like? Is the state back? And do we now have the most interventionist government for decades?
Later in the show we return to Milwaukee and the Republican Party National convention. Emily is there speaking to senior party figures and asking where all the traditional Republicans have gone, as Trump and his acolytes take over the GOP.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.9 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:20.3 | We know Donald Trump loves a lot of gold and guilt, but he hasn't got what King Charles |
| 0:28.4 | has got, which is a gold coach. Donald Trump may have SUVs and police motorcyclists, |
| 0:35.2 | but he doesn't have guards on horseback, all clinking brass and metal. |
| 0:40.6 | Today, the state opening of Parliament. |
| 0:43.2 | Our version of what the Republicans are doing in Milwaukee, and we'll hear from Emily in a bit. |
| 0:48.8 | But it is worth dwelling on the fact that this is the first Labour, king speech, sovereign speech, state opening for 15 years. |
| 0:57.5 | It is the first incoming Labour government's king speech since 1945. |
| 1:03.6 | What did it mean? |
| 1:05.1 | What was in it? |
| 1:06.0 | Were there any surprises? |
| 1:07.6 | And what clues does it give for what Starmerism is and what it means for the rest of us. |
| 1:13.3 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:17.9 | The Newsagents. |
| 1:19.6 | It's John. It's Lewis. |
| 1:20.7 | And later on we'll be hearing from Emily in Milwaukee. |
| 1:23.8 | And it's kind of funny, isn't it? |
| 1:25.2 | The two different styles of pageantry. |
| 1:27.3 | There's sort of US style, which is kind of funny isn't it the two different styles of pageantry this sort of u.s style |
| 1:28.9 | which is kind of brash and balloons and ticker tape and all the rest of it loud music and our version |
| 1:36.3 | of it at the state opening of parliament which is always i always think is something slightly |
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