Your Party meltdown
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump and Keir Starmer have just finished their joint press conference from Chequers, drawing a close to the US president’s state visit.
Andrew Marr and Will Dunn will be joining Anoosh tomorrow on the podcast to discuss what these deals mean for Britain as dollars and pounds wash across the Atlantic Ocean - but today we’re looking at something else frothy, the meltdown of Your Party.
Rachel Cunliffe is joined by Megan Kenyon and Ethan Croft.
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| 1:09.3 | Hello, I'm Rachel Cunneliff and this is the New Statesman podcast. Donald Trump and Kierstalmer have just finished their joint press conference from Chequers, drawing to a close the US President's State Visit. |
| 1:21.7 | Andrew Martin will be joining Anoush tomorrow on the podcast to discuss what these deals that were signed during the state visit mean for Britain as dollars and pounds wash across the Atlantic Ocean. But today we're |
| 1:33.2 | looking at something else, frothy, the meltdown of your party. And I'm joined in the studio by |
| 1:38.5 | Megan Kenyon and also our new political correspondent, Ethan Croft, making his New Statesman podcast debut. Welcome. |
| 1:46.3 | Thank you very much, Rachel. Does it meet all your expectations, hopes and dreams being |
| 1:50.6 | here in person? Yeah, it's great. I've been a long time read with the New Statesman and |
| 1:55.1 | listen to this podcast. Well, correct answer. We're definitely inviting you back. Let's delve |
| 2:00.0 | straight into your party. |
| 2:02.4 | This is the temporary name for the new party formed in the process of being formed by Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultanate that this morning looked like it was moving on to the next stage. |
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