Is The Strait Of Hormuz Actually Open (Or Shut) Right Now?
4/19/202634 min
Today, Adam joined Laura and Paddy to chew over the latest news from Iran, Scotland, and Downing Street. Ahead of the Prime Minister’s appearance in parliament, they discuss what we’ve learned today about what Sir Keir Starmer knew, or did not know, about the Lord Mandelson’s vetting by the foreign office. Laura spoke to cabinet minister Liz Kendall, who backed the PM and said that Starmer would have blocked the appointment of Lord Mandelson as US ambassador had he known he failed security vetting.
Elsewhere, negotiations continue between the US and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz. But is it actually currently open or closed? Has the ceasefire been breached? And what happens next? Paddy has been putting those questions to Lyse Doucet in Tehran.
Plus, Laura has been in Scotland speaking to voters and the party leaders about how those issues and others will affect which way voters go in the May elections.
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Adam Fleming· Host0:32
Hello. What day is this? Is it Monday?
Laura Kuenssberg· Host0:39
It's Sunday.
Adam Fleming· Host0:40
All right. Oh, crap.
Laura Kuenssberg· Host0:41
It's- I've come to work a day early. [laughs] Did you do it on purpose or by mistake?
Adam Fleming· Host0:45
[laughs] No, on purpose. On purpose. On purpose. Nice to see you, though.
Laura Kuenssberg· Host0:48
It's very nice to see you, Adam. It's a while since we've been in the chair, either next to each other or opposite each other, but it's very nice to see you. And we'll be together next weekend, too.
Adam Fleming· Host0:56
Yes, 'cause we're doing Cast Fest- Mm. -on Saturday the twenty-fifth of April. We're gonna be at the famous BBC Maida Vale Studios, which I've never been to.
Laura Kuenssberg· Host1:03
In London.
Adam Fleming· Host1:04
Um, but lots of famous people have been there, like The Beatles.
Laura Kuenssberg· Host1:07
Yeah.
Adam Fleming· Host1:08
[laughs] So basically, when you go on Wikipedia- Or my mates The Fall. [laughs] Yeah, when you go on the Wikipedia page of Maida Vale Studios- Yeah ... it'll go Beatles, Radio 1 Live Lounge, and then us.
Laura Kuenssberg· Host1:17
And then Adam Fleming.
Adam Fleming· Host1:18
And Laura Kuenssberg.
Laura Kuenssberg· Host1:18
I'd put Adam Fleming at the top- [laughs] ... if I, if I were you. Uh, well, so that's next Saturday, but on this episode of Sunday's Newscast, we're gonna talk about a few different things. We're gonna talk about the latest in the Mandelson mess. I've been speaking