Will the Tories fall for Keir Starmers EU trap?
Political Currency
Persephonica
4 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Keir Starmer has been in Brussels this week, meeting with European Union leaders with the view to resetting the relationship with the bloc. George Osborne and Ed Balls ask, is it making good on a campaign promise? Is it to shore up UK-EU relations as President Donald Trump runs wild with tariffs? Or, is it a perfect opportunity to lay the perfect trap for the Conservatives …
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| 1:10.6 | With Ed Balls and George Osborne. |
| 1:21.6 | Well, we're back here in our studio in Hoxton. |
| 1:25.0 | It's been a while since we actually were in the room together, |
| 1:28.3 | isn't it? And... |
| 1:29.9 | Although we've got our awards here, our awards in front of us in the room. |
| 1:33.7 | I think we agreed we weren't going to talk about them in the room. The room where it happened. |
| 1:37.1 | Okay, you're right. Anyway, we're not going to mention the two awards that we've won. |
| 1:41.5 | And I should mention... Do you think we should neither mention the interview of the year or the people's choice? |
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