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Coming in Andy: Britain's prime minister-in-waiting

6/19/202624 min

Andy Burnham won a by-election he needed in order to challenge Sir Keir Starmer, Britain’s prime minister. We look at the path ahead for him. The Iran deal seemingly promises a financial windfall for the country and its regime—one that its battered economy sorely needs. And the mythmaking of presidential libraries, as seen in the latest one: Barack Obama’s.

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Guests and host:

  • Hugo Gye, British political correspondent
  • Fraser McIlwraith, foreign correspondent
  • Jon Fasman, senior culture correspondent
  • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered: 

  • British politics, Andy Burnham, Labour party
  • Iran war, Iran deal, Iran’s economy
  • Barack Obama, presidential libraries

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