David Lammy: The old world order isn't coming back
1/23/202651 min
What happens when US Vice President Vance goes drinking with Angela Rayner & David Lammy?
The Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary knows America better than probably anyone else around the cabinet table. And in this interview he reflects at length on the state of the world and the significance of the US president's Greenland threats.
David Lammy gives an impassioned defence against critics who question his friendship with Vice President J D Vance and reflects on his life's journey from Tottenham to Harvard.
He also discusses the ongoing row over jury trial reforms...
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First 90 secondsNick Robinson· Host0:00
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David Lammy· Guest1:03
[soft music] The old order isn't coming back. The tectonic plates have shifted. There is profound change.
Nick Robinson· Host1:10
No one around the cabinet table knows America quite as well as my guest on Political Thinking this week, David Lammy, the Deputy Prime Minister, the former Foreign Secretary, who studied in the United States, is a friend of Barack Obama, and has forged a close relationship with Vice President J.D.