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🗓️ 17 July 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Last night the Prime Minister chucked four of his more rebellious MPs out of the parliamentary Labour Party. Technically, he 'removed the whip' which means that for now they cannot call themselves Labour MPs. Was he right to move against them? Does it make him stronger or weaker in his job? And what message does it send out about how Starmer wants to govern?
Later, why were key intelligence figures not informed of the Afghan data breach? And did the government mislead the courts over the severity of the situation?
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0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
0:08.4 | This is a global player original podcast. |
0:11.9 | I don't see myself as a rebel. I really focus on supporting a Labour government. |
0:17.3 | But I'm not afraid to debate and to speak up for what's in the interest of |
0:22.0 | my constituents. I'm incredibly disappointed. I mean, I'm devastated. I'm a proud Labour Party |
0:26.9 | member and I have been for quite some years. And I still think that the Labour Party is the true |
0:31.5 | vehicle for positive social mobility and actually making the country a much fairer at an equal place. |
0:37.9 | Brian Leishman and before that, Rachel Maskell, they are two MPs of four who have now had |
0:45.5 | the Labour whip removed. In other words, they've been suspended, kicked out of the party for now. |
0:52.6 | What is the message Kirstama is trying to send? |
0:56.2 | And is it a sign of Kier Stama's strength, virility, power, or a real sign of his fundamental |
1:04.6 | weakness? Welcome to the newsagents. |
1:10.4 | It's John. It's Emily. It's Lewis. And yes. Newsagents. The Newsagents. |
1:12.0 | It's John. |
1:12.8 | It's Emily. |
1:13.4 | It's Lewis. |
1:14.2 | And yesterday, there were lots of end-of-term metaphors flying around Westminster with |
1:19.9 | Kemi Badek not giving her end-of-term report to Kirstama on how he'd done as Prime |
1:25.0 | Minister. |
1:25.9 | And in that end-of- term field, four of the naughty people |
1:30.2 | were called into the headmaster's office and to be told they're being suspended. In other words, |
1:35.5 | four Labour MPs who have been gobby and rebellious were told, you're out, you're on your |
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