Why Starmer needs to embrace nuclear weapons now
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Labour have launched their defence plans, leading with their 'triple lock' which focuses on nuclear submarines and a constant at sea deterrent for the UK. Does this departure from Labour's 2016 stance represent a change in the party or a change in the state of global affairs?
Meanwhile, today the Conservatives have focused their energy on the Equality Act and its positioning on gender and biological sex.
Hannah Barnes, associate editor at the New Statesman, is joined by Freddie Hayward, political correspondent.
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| 0:00.0 | The New Statesman. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, I'm Hannah Barnes, |
| 0:07.0 | Associate Editor at the New Statesman, |
| 0:09.0 | and you're listening to the New Statesman podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | For the next few weeks, leading up to the general election |
| 0:14.3 | we're bringing you new episodes every weekday with updates on the party campaigns |
| 0:19.4 | reaction from around the UK and the best polling analysis without experts. |
| 0:24.3 | Today I'm joined by Freddie Haywood, my colleague and New Statesman political correspondent. |
| 0:28.9 | Hello Freddie. |
| 0:30.1 | How we doing? |
| 0:30.9 | Very good. |
| 0:31.9 | How are you? Very well, very well. Right. Let's launch straight in. |
| 0:34.8 | Labour are here to protect us. They're big announcement today all about defense. |
| 0:39.7 | We're hearing Triple Lock, which is a phrase we don't often hear with defense but rather with |
| 0:45.1 | pensions do you want to should I set out what these triple locks are you take out why so here we go |
| 0:50.8 | triple lock number one labour are talking about the construction of four new nuclear |
| 0:56.9 | submarines in Baron Furness, supporting high quality, high status apprenticeships and jobs, with the supply chain benefits felt right across |
| 1:05.8 | the country. |
| 1:06.8 | Then second, Britain maintaining its continuous at sea deterrent, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and that will secure protection for both |
| 1:17.1 | the UK and our NATO allies and the third bit of this lock is delivery of all future upgrades needed for those |
| 1:25.6 | submarines to control the waters and keep our country safe. It's not something |
| 1:32.1 | you'd necessarily expect from labour. |
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