Russia’s Starmer plot - the fallout
6/16/202616 min
As world leaders gather at the G7 summit – what's Keir Starmer’s top priority?
With tensions in the Middle East, a trade dispute with China, a continuing war in Ukraine and Russia’s apparent involvement in arson attacks on homes and a car linked to Keir Starmer, the PM has his hands full.
Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy assess whether Starmer can turn high-level diplomacy into meaningful progress.
The duo also examine the latest polling data, which suggests Andy Burnham remains the only Labour figure the public sees as a potentially stronger Prime Minister than Starmer.
Plus, does Wes Streeting have the support to mount a leadership challenge if Labour's succession debate begins?
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First 90 secondsEd Conway0:00
[upbeat music] How does a banana trigger a CIA-backed coup? Do AirPods herald the arrival of a new global order? What do LED lights say about the future of humanity? I'm Ed Conway, and in each episode of my new podcast, Stuff Matters, I take an object, crack it open, and reveal the world-shaping forces hidden inside. This is economics told through the things we think we understand. Search Stuff Matters on your podcast app to listen and follow.
Anne McElvoy· Host0:29
[upbeat music] Hello, good morning and welcome. It's Tuesday, June the 16th. World leaders are gathering in Evian in France at the G7, including the Prime Minister. They have the Iran ceasefire and how to handle China trade deficits high on their agenda. I'm Anne McElvoy from Politico.
Sam Coates· Host0:51
And I'm Sam Coates of Sky News.
Anne McElvoy· Host0:53
Keir Starmer is not currently expected to have his own bilateral with Donald Trump. Let's see how that develops. But it doesn't do much, Sam, to dispel the impression that he's finding it harder to play a major role in Ukraine discussions, which are also going to feature, uh, over the next day or so. But he is a leader attending this gathering with quite the story to tell his peers on Russian aggression, and that is the extraordinary tale we thought we'd dive into that emerged in the court case on the firebombing of a car and property