You Ask Us: Why won't the government call for a ceasefire?
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
"Looking at the polling for a ceasefire in Gaza, it seems like foreign policy is the area where Westminster is most out of touch with public opinion. Why is this?" - one listener asks.
Anoosh Chakelian is joined by business editor Will Dunn and politics correspondant Freddie Hayward to discuss the government's position on a ceasefire, Labour's plans, and also the UK's AI safety summit which took place this week.
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| 0:49.0 | Hi, I'm Anush. |
| 0:52.0 | I'm Will. And I'm Freddy. Welcome to the New Statesman podcast. This this podcast, and joining me in the studio I |
| 1:13.8 | have Will Dunn, our business editor and Freddie Haywood, our political |
| 1:16.9 | correspondent. We've been digging around in our virtual mail bag and we've brought |
| 1:20.8 | you a couple of questions to discuss. |
| 1:22.8 | So Freddie, what question have you picked? |
| 1:24.8 | This is a question from a listener who got in Touchfire, |
| 1:27.3 | Spotify, but we don't know their name. |
| 1:29.0 | They ask, looking at the polling for a ceasefire in Gaza, |
| 1:32.1 | it seems like foreign policy is the area where |
| 1:34.0 | Westminster is most out of toucest with public opinion. Why is this? Okay well |
| 1:38.6 | this is a really interesting question. Obviously we've talked quite a bit about |
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