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How will the Iran war play at the ballot box in May?

3/30/202620 min

Pippa Crerar and Jessica Elgot look at how the continuing and deepening conflict in the Middle East will hit people in the UK, and how it could impact May’s elections. Plus, as parliament breaks for recess, has the assisted dying bill reached the end of the road?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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First 90 seconds

  1. Pippa Crerar· Host0:00

    This is The Guardian.

  2. Speaker 1· Soundbite0:01

    [clapping] Yes, of course, we will defend British lives and British interests in the region. We'll stand by our allies in the Gulf region, but we're not going to get dragged in. That's my values, whatever the pressure and whoever it's coming from.

  3. Speaker 20:25

    But you never know with Iran, because we negotiate with them, and then we always have to blow 'em up.

  4. Speaker 3· Soundbite0:31

    So let's stop pretending that Keir Starmer is a huge philanthropist who's just trying to help people. What he is doing is taxing people to pay benefit.

  5. Pippa Crerar· Host0:39

    I'm Pippa Crerar.

  6. Jessica Elgot· Guest0:40

    And I'm Jessica Elgot.

  7. Pippa Crerar· Host0:41

    And you're listening to Politics Weekly.

  8. Jessica Elgot· Guest0:43

    For The Guardian.

  9. Pippa Crerar· Host0:44

    Hello.

  10. Jessica Elgot· Guest0:46

    Oh, hi.

  11. Pippa Crerar· Host0:47

    We're joining you from our Westminster office today. News does happen, so, you know, it'll be bustling and busy in here. Although not as bustling and busy as usual, Jess, because it is, of course, recess.

  12. Jessica Elgot· Guest0:56

    Yeah, it's quiet. It's recess at the moment, isn't it? So, um, MPs have all fled MPs have fled back to their constituencies.

  13. Pippa Crerar· Host1:01

    But the, the big news this morning was, of course, the launch of various local election campaigns, namely Keir Starmer launching Labour's election campaign for May in the West Midlands. A quick stump speech. We weren't invited to go up and ask questions, very disappointingly. We'd have been there obviously otherwise. Tell us about the launch, Jess, and, and what the government's going to try and get us to all focus on in the weeks running up to that pivotal May vote.

  14. Jessica Elgot· Guest1:26

    So I think the main focus, talking to some, um, Labour advisors last

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