The Times and The Sunday Times
Kemi Badenoch: Burnham's first priority must be defence
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- Kemi Badenoch: Burnham's first priority must be defence
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Has Brexit Failed? A Decade Since the 2016 Referendum
- Runtime
- 2:49
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Ten years ago, Brexiteers promised everything from £350 million a week for the NHS to total control of our borders. Today, only a minority view Brexit as a success.
Immigration numbers are up, economic growth has slowed, and while the NHS’s budget is higher, waiting lists have only just started to decrease.
A decade on from the historic vote, The Times’s Matilda Davies unpacks how many of these issues are actually due to Brexit.
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- Burnham Must Prioritise Defence Over Welfare | Kemi Badenoch
- Runtime
- 12:45
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “If Andy Burnham will not bring down the welfare bill to pay for defence, then there should be a general election.”
Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch says we cannot be in a situation where there is “effectively a national security threat”, so Andy Burnham will have to find more money for defence in the welfare bill.
Kemi Badenoch was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 6am-10am.Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/
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- ‘A Coup In The Mother Of All Democracies' | Richard Tice
- Runtime
- 10:53
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “We’re faced with a completely different prime minister who nobody knows in what’s effectively a sort of coup going on.”
Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice says a general election should be called because Andy Burnham “didn’t stand on the Labour manifesto”.
Richard Tice was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 6am-10am.Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/
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- Trump’s Iran Deal Does Not Properly Address Nuclear Capabilities | Harriet Alexander
- Runtime
- 12:03
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “The issue of nuclear capabilities — that’s always been the thorniest part of this — still seems pretty shaky.”
Iran-US talks remain “shaky”. On the one hand, JD Vance has said they have laid a “successful foundation”; on the other, Iran has said there have been “no new agreements”, says US reporter Harriet Alexander.
Harriet Alexander was speaking to Kait Borsay on The Evening Edition on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 7pm–10pm.
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- Burnham Will ‘Embrace’ Starmer’s Manifesto | Lord Kinnock
- Runtime
- 21:46
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “I believe that Andy’s instinct will be to try to embrace as much of it as is compatible with effective government of purpose.”
Burnham will stick to the manifesto Labour won on in 2024, but should consider “making the 11th ever change in the fiscal rules”, says former Labour Party leader Lord Kinnock.
Adam Boulton, Anna Mikhailova and Lord Kinnock were speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 4–7pm.
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- Adam Boulton: People Need To Give Andy Burnham A Chance
- Runtime
- 25:44
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- "If this mainstream, natural party of government leader can't make a go of it, then it's probably curtains for the Labour and the Tory party."
The coronation of Andy Burnham may be preferable to a leadership contest because they often force candidates to appeal to party activists rather than the wider electorate, says Times Radio presenter Adam Boulton.
Adam Boulton, Anna Mikhailova and Adam Jogee MP were speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 4-7pm.
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- US Concerned At Prospect Of Ed Miliband As Chancellor | Katy Balls
- Runtime
- 12:23
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “If you ended up in a situation where Ed Miliband was chancellor, that would be a flashing red light to the Trump administration.”
Any talk of Ed Miliband as chancellor would be a red flag for Trump HQ, which is very concerned about his stance on energy, says The Times’s Katy Balls.
Katy Balls was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 4–7pm.
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- Andy Burnham Should Seek His Own Mandate With Early General Election | Former Cabinet Minister
- Runtime
- 11:57
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- "Andy would really prove himself if he said, ‘look I'm going to seek my own mandate’.”
Andy Burnham should call an early general election to prove himself, says former labour cabinet minister Alan Johnson.
Alan Johnson and Clare Short were speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 4-7pm.
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- Trump Is Being Played By Iran | John Bolton
- Runtime
- 8:52
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “We’ve fallen into a trap here.”
Trump and Vance are saying “we’ve turned over a new leaf” with Iran, but there is no change when “dealing with a regime like this”, says former National Security Adviser to Donald Trump, John Bolton.
John Bolton was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 4–7pm.
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- How Andy Burnham Persuaded Wes Streeting Not To Run For Leader | Anna Mikhailova
- Runtime
- 10:19
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “He says that his previous position of wanting to have this battle of ideas in a leadership contest no longer implies because he has been reassured and he believes that in cabinet there will be the actual opportunity to have debates.”
Times Radio’s political editor Anna Mikhailova, reveals the events around Andy Burnham’s first afternoon as an MP of Makerfield in Westminster. Mikhailova also revealed how he persuaded Wes Streeting to not run for leadership saying, Burnham will be more “inclusive” in his cabinet.
Anna Mikhailova was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 4–7pm.
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- Andy Burnham Must Win Over Labour Backbenchers To Get Things Done | Jack Straw
- Runtime
- 8:33
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “Burnham, if he becomes prime minister, will bear a very heavy responsibility.”
Burnham will become “unpopular” quickly if he wants to govern effectively, but he must learn to convince his party — something Starmer did not learn to do, says former Labour cabinet member Jack Straw.
Jack Straw was speaking to Stephen Sackur on The Times at One. Listen live Monday to Thursday, 1–2pm.
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- Starmer Lost The Country From His First Statement In 2024 | Seb Payne
- Runtime
- 8:43
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “From that moment onwards, it started a slow and steady drumbeat that has just increased in tempo and volume.”
The most decisive moment in Starmer’s demise was the announcement on the winter fuel allowance, but the first hundred days were “pretty woeful”, says The Times’s Seb Payne.
Seb Payne was speaking to Lara Spirit on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, 10am–1pm
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- ‘Brexit A Key Part To Starmer’s Downfall’ | Sir Anthony Seldon
- Runtime
- 9:27
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “The next prime minister will have to offer a vision of Britain's place in the world. Optimism, realism and dynamism. Getting the whole country working together. And that's a big part of why they've all fallen.”
Sir Anthony Seldon says that Brexit and failing to find an identity for the country was "a key part" for Keir Starmer’s downfall as prime minister.
Sir Anthony Seldon was speaking to Lara Spirit on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, 10am–1pm.
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- Fraser Nelson: I Can’t See How Burnham Escapes The Problems That Doomed Starmer
- Runtime
- 10:55
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “I can’t see how he would solve any of the probems that ended up impaling Keir Starmer.”
Times columnist Fraser Nelson says he’s sceptical Andy Burnham has “some kind of secret sauce” that makes him immune from the same factors that have led to the downfall of recent prime ministers.
Fraser Nelson was speaking to Stephen Sackur on The Times At One. Listen live Monday-Thursday 1-2pm.
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- Andy Burnham Was 'Utterly Unconvincing' In Newsnight Interview
- Runtime
- 1:24
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Trump’s Iran Peace Deal Holds No Power Over Proxies | Philip Crowther
- Runtime
- 8:16
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “There is no mention of proxies in this memorandum of understanding as it stands.”
There is nothing on paper to show that Iran holds any responsibility to keep Hezbollah from attacking Israel, says AP’s international correspondent Philip Crowther.
Philip Crowther was speaking to James Kitchin on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Friday, 5-6am.
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- Welfare, Triple Lock And Trimming Govt Departments: What Burnham Will Do In Office | Lord O'Neill
- Runtime
- 8:13
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “It would ultimately involve including devolution of some taxes, but a lot more responsibility, getting rid of some parts of government departments, maybe more than just a bit of some departments, and giving proper power to adult skills, for example.”
Former Treasury Minister Lord O’Neill, who it's reported has been advising Andy Burnham, has said that he should “deal with welfare reform and take on the triple lock."
Lord O'Neill was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday-Thursday, 6-10am.
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- 'Significantly hotter than 1976': How long will this heatwave last?
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- How Andy Burnham Should Handle Donald Trump | Mark Urban
- Runtime
- 8:37
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “Politicians in Europe have discovered the value in confronting Trump in various ways.”
Andy Burnham will be looking for a way to stand up for Britain and carry on the policy that Keir Starmer has set out, says The Sunday Times’s Mark Urban.
Mark Urban was speaking to Lara Spirit on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Thursday, 10am-1pm.
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- Was JD Vance 'Snubbed' At The Us-Iran Peace Talks?
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- International Reactions To Starmer's Resignation
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Andy Burnham Doesn't Want A Leadership
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Starmer Is Bitter Towards Burnham | Josh Glancy
- Runtime
- 14:48
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- “I think he’s quite bitter and resentful towards Burnham who frankly wasn’t even involved in Westminster politics.”
Keir Starmer is “pretty angry still and will be for a while” as he resigns as prime minister, says associate editor of The Sunday Times Josh Glancy.
Josh Glancy and Helen MacNamara were speaking to Lara Spirit on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Thursday, 10am-1pm.
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- Keir Starmer Resignation Updates and Labour Leadership Crisis
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- 28:52
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The Prime Minister has been hunkered down in his Chequers residence, trying to decide what to do: resign or fight. The pressure on him to step down has now reached fever pitch since Andy Burnham’s by-election win last week. But as ministers jostle for position in a potential new government, who is still telling him to fight on? And if he does give in, how much would actually change under a Prime Minister Burnham?
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- Andy Burnham Needs 'Handover Time' To Avoid Starmer's Mistakes
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- 1:38
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Burnham Needs First 100 Days ‘Nailed Down’ Before He Steps Into No 10
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- 8:07
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Andy Burnham needs “handover time” to avoid making Keir Starmer’s mistakes if he is to be his successor, explains Times Radio’s Ayesha Hazarika.
“He will want to make sure that when he does become prime minister, he has got his first 100 days nailed down.”
Ayesha Hazarika was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live everyday 6-10am.
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- Title
- BREAKING: Keir Starmer Resigns as UK Prime Minister #ukpolitics
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Sir Keir Starmer has resigned as prime minister in a statement outside Downing Street, becoming emotional as he spoke about his wife and children.
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- Andrew Neil Blasts 'Buffoon' Blaring Music As PM Resigns
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Title
- Andrew Neil Reacts To Sir Keir Starmer’s Resignation
- Runtime
- 8:33
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “He’s resigned immediately as leader of the Labour Party … he remains, he thinks, through July and August into early September, he thinks, he remains prime minister till then. “
Times Radio’s Andrew Neil reacts to Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation a prime minister.
Andrew Neil and Steven Swinford were speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday-Thursday, 6-10am.
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- Title
- Keir Starmer resigns as prime minister. What happens now?
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Sir Keir Starmer Resigns As Prime Minister
- Runtime
- 11:01
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Sir Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as prime minister in a statement outside No 10 and set a timetable for choosing his successor. Times Radio's political editor Anna Mikhailova reports live from Downing Street.
Anna Mikhailova was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live everyday 6-10am.
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- Labour MPs Ready To Turn Their Back on Keir Starmer | Patrick Maguire
- Runtime
- 11:14
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- "[They said] I agree with every word of your column up to the last bit. He's not a decent man."
The Times’s Patrick Maguire once described Keir Starmer as a "decent man" and said he's never received more complaints ... from Labour people.
Patrick Maguire was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday-Thursday, 6-10am.
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- Title
- Should the next prime minister call a general election?
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Title
- Burnham Should Put Defence At The ‘Very Top’ Of His Priorities | Lord Hutton
- Runtime
- 9:38
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “[Defence] is one of the fundamental challenges of the new leader.”
Former Labour defence secretary and cabinet colleague of Andy Burnham Lord Hutton says decisions on defence spending will be challenge “number one” for a new Prime Minister.
Lord Hutton was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 6am-10am.
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- Burnham Will Face Starmer’s Problems As PM Nears Exit | Tim Bale
- Runtime
- 8:01
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “He’s been quite vague about what he wants. Maybe that works in terms of winning Makerfield, but of course the rubble will hit the road if and when he goes to Downing Street.”
Andy Burnham will face the same problems as Keir Starmer as Labour MPs lose faith in the PM, says professor of politics at the Queen Mary University of London Tim Bale.
Tim Bale was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday-Thursday, 6-10am.
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- Trump’s Deal Could ‘Embed’ The Current Iranian Regime | Mick Mulroy
- Runtime
- 8:09
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “If the regime doesn’t have to pay for reconstructing whatever it is we’re going to reconstruct, they’re going to use it to embed themselves.”
The proposed $300bn reconstruction of Iran included in the US-Iran peace deal is “going to basically permanently put in place this regime”, says former US assistant secretary of defence for Middle East under Trump Mick Mulroy.
Mick Mulroy was speaking to Ayesha Hazarika on Times Radio Drive. Listen live everyday from 4-7pm.
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- ‘Lunatics Like Miliband’ Are Preventing The UK From Rebooting EU Relations | Lord Rose
- Runtime
- 8:01
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “We’ve got another crisis now, because of course, we have wasted a decade, we've had now maybe our seventh Prime Minister next week. And at the end of the day, we do not have a clear plan.”
Lord Rose is “not hopeful” under this government that the UK will be able to reboot their EU relations with “lunatics like Miliband”.
Stuart Rose was speaking to Adam Boulton on Times Radio. Listen live every Sunday, 10am-1pm.
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- Title
- ‘If Iran Don’t Want The Deal, We Just Resume The Bombing’ | K.T McFarland
- Runtime
- 16:38
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “They’re trying to sabotage the deal.”
Former US Deputy national security adviser K.T McFarland claims Iran are trying to sabotage the deal with the US by getting “Hezbollah to attack Iran” in order to claim a violation of the deal.
K.T McFarland and Hamza Gholamzadeh were speaking to Adam Boulton on Times Radio. Listen live every Sunday from 10am-1pm.
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- Title
- Keir Starmer’s Fatal Flaw | Jason Cowley
- Runtime
- 10:08
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “Keir Starmer is a very proud man, very stubborn man, very resilient man.”
The Sunday Times Columnist Jason Cowley outlines what led to Keir Starmer’s unpopularity.
Jason Cowley was speaking to Rosie Wright and Peter Cardwell in for Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live everyday, 6-10pm.
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- Title
- Why are so many World Cup footballers wearing pink football boots?
- Runtime
- 1:27
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Title
- Trump’s Iran Agreement Was A ‘Preface’ | Ross Harrison
- Runtime
- 12:47
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “Success looks like starting to at least lay out the statement of principles for a final agreement.”
Trump’s initial agreement with Iran was only a “preface”, and the US hasn't found "success" yet, says senior fellow at the Middle East Institute Ross Harrison.
Ross Harrison and Lieutenant Colonel Daniel L. Davis were speaking to Darryl Morris on Times Radio. Listen live everyday, 10pm-1am.
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- Title
- Trump Will Be ‘Furious’ With Netanyahu, Says Former Ambassador
- Runtime
- 11:58
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “The Israeli view of what should happen next is clearly closer to escalation.”
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are “struggling to see this conflict in the same way” after Israeli strikes in Lebanon have caused Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz, says former UK Ambassador to both Iran and Yemen Nicholas Hopton.
Nicholas Hopton and Najat Saliba were speaking to Ayesha Hazarika on Times Radio Drive. Listen live everyday from 4-7pm.
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- Title
- ‘It Was A Very Loud Bang’: Bedford Train Passenger Recounts Crash
- Runtime
- 12:21
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “Everything just moved in one direction - there was luggage, people, everyone was flying, chairs broke backwards.”
Brett Byatt, a passenger involved in the Bedford train crash, recalls the “panic” in the aftermath of the tragedy.
Brett Byatt was speaking to Ayesha Hazarika on Times Radio Drive. Listen live everyday from 4-7pm.
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- Title
- Israeli Strikes Jeopardise US-Iran Peace Deal | Niall Stanage
- Runtime
- 9:41
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “The situation in Lebanon is becoming the absolutely central one that could pose a real threat to this purported peace process.”
Iran has said it will close the Strait Of Hormuz again due to Israeli strikes on Lebanon which go against the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran, says White House Columnist at The Hill Niall Stanage.
Niall Stanage was speaking to Jane Mulkerrins on Times Radio. Listen live every Saturday from 1pm-4pm.Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/
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- Title
- How Misinformation Led To The Murder Of A Teacher | Peter Conradi
- Runtime
- 12:33
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “It’s that kind of incident that is seared in the national consciousness.”
On 16 October 2020, French school teacher Samuel Paty was murdered by a Russian Muslim refugee after a false accusation of blasphemy started a vicious harassment campaign. Six years on, the incident has left Paty’s family feeling “abandoned” by authorities that failed to recognise the risks to his life, says The Sunday Times’s Europe editor, Peter Conradi.
Peter Conradi was speaking to Jane Mulkerrins on Times Radio. Listen live every Saturday, from 1-4pm.
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- Title
- How Burnham's Philosophy Was Shaped By Catholicism | Patrick Maguire
- Runtime
- 13:30
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “There is definitely a small ‘c’ conservative core to Andy Burnham.”
When Andy Burnham arrives in London to meet with MPs on Monday, whatever Sir Keir Starmer says will be measured against the potential next PM’s new vision for the country, says The Times’s chief political commentator, Patrick Maguire.
Patrick Maguire was speaking to Jane Mulkerrins on Times Radio. Listen live every Saturday, from 1-4pm.
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- The UK Shouldn’t Keep Viewing China As ‘The Boogeyman’ | Caroline Knowles
- Runtime
- 12:31
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “We need to talk about China and we need to talk about what kind of relationship we’ll have with them.”
The UK often sees China as “the boogeyman” and doesn’t want to define the relationship they have with them, says author and academic Caroline Knowles.
Caroline Knowles was speaking to Ed Vaizey in for Rod Liddle on Times Radio. Listen live every Saturday, 10am-1pm.
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- Trump Struggles To ‘Control’ Israel As US-Iran Deal ’Starting To Fall Apart’ | Katy Balls
- Runtime
- 11:05
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “The deal is starting to fall apart a little bit, or at least come under strain.”
The are “questions” about whether the US can Israel, who are “not happy” with the terms of the US-Iran peace deal, says The Times and Sunday Times Washington editor Katy Balls.
Katy Balls was speaking to Ed Vaizey whilst Phillip Crowther was speaking to Rosie Wright and Olly Mann. Listen live on Times Radio.
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- House-Buying In The UK Is About To Get Easier
- Runtime
- 8:02
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- “The thing that destroys the market, the property market in particular, is uncertainty.”
The UK government recently announced that housing offers will be made legally binding earlier in the buying process to keep buyers from dropping out, says The Times and The Sunday Times assistant property editor, Melissa York.
Rick Kelsey and Melissa York were speaking to speaking to Rosie Wright and Olly Mann, in for Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live everyday, 6-10am.
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