Winter of discontent
Political Fix
Financial Times
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Britain is seeing a swelling wave of industrial action this winter, from nurses to rail workers. Is the country facing a de facto general strike and is there an economic landing zone for the government and workers? We discuss what the different unions want. Plus, we examine Sir Keir Starmer's strategy for attacking Rishi Sunak - does it amount to class war, or just expose the prime minister's weaknesses?
Presented by Sebastian Payne, with chief political correspondent Jim Pickard, economic correspondent Delphine Strauss, associate editor and columnist Stephen Bush and special guest political strategist John McTernan.
Produced by Anna Dedhar and Howie Shannon. The sound engineers were Howie Shannon and Jan Sigsworth.
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| 0:58.1 | Welcome to Pain's Politics, your essential insider guide to Westminster |
| 1:02.1 | from the Financial Times, with me Sebastian Payne. |
| 1:05.5 | In this week's episode we'll be examining those strikes you heard |
| 1:08.7 | Michelinche of the RMT discuss at the top. |
| 1:11.7 | What's causing them? Are their pay deals to be done? |
| 1:14.6 | How can it be resolved and is it amounting to a de facto general strike? |
| 1:19.2 | Jim Picard, our Chief Political Correspondent or Dicect, |
| 1:22.4 | along with our Economics Correspondent, Delphine Strauss. |
| 1:25.6 | And later, we'll be looking at how the Labour Party is taking on Richie Suna |
| 1:30.0 | with a dose of what some were calling class war. |
| 1:32.7 | Looking at Richie Suna's background as one of the richest Prime Ministers |
| 1:36.0 | to have an end to the office and we'll be asking, |
| 1:38.4 | is it going to work and is this what voters care about? |
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