The Starmer-Burnham Defence Handover
6/28/202629 min
Today the focus is on new details expected in the long overdue Defence Investment Plan, set to be announced next week.
Victoria Derbyshire is in for Laura again. She, Paddy and Henry Zeffman discuss a move toward new kit like drones, and away from battleships.
They also look at how much Andy Burnham may have been involved in the plans, and whether he’s prepared on defence.
And, last week we discussed whether Keir Starmer will be PM by the time of the World Cup final. Today we have an answer.
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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenters were Victoria Derbyshire and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Chloe Scannapieco. The social producer was Joe Wilkinson. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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First 90 secondsPaddy O'Connell· Host0:00
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Victoria Derbyshire· Host0:03
[news jingle] I'm Krassi Ivanova-Twigg from The Global Jigsaw podcast from the BBC, where we ask, has the UK replaced the US as Russia's enemy number one? Kremlin propagandists have been trying to outdo each other with ever more extravagant insults aimed at Britain. What does this say about Russia's strategic intentions? The Global Jigsaw looks at the world through the lens of its media. Find us wherever you get your BBC podcasts. [news jingle] Henry, Paddy, can either of you play chess?
Henry Zeffman· Host0:39
I'm aware of the rules, but beyond that, no, absolutely not.
Paddy O'Connell· Host0:42
That's such a political answer. [laughs] Yeah.
Henry Zeffman· Host0:44
Sorry. I mean, as in I can play-- I c- I could play against you, but you'd beat me very quickly, assuming you're good, which I suspect you are.
Paddy O'Connell· Host0:50
I c-- No, I'm not. I can play draughts, but this is-- We're asking because we're looking at a picture of the current Chancellor of the Exchequer in Kyiv- Mm-hmm ... playing chess, where it's a massive outdoor pastime.
Victoria Derbyshire· Host1:00
Yeah, somewhere in the capital of Ukraine, she is having a game of chess. We know that she's good at chess. She's talked about it before. She was some kind of champion at some point in her teenage years, and this photograph was taken yesterday. What is going on, Henry?
Henry Zeffman· Host1:13
So I think Rachel Reeves is in Ukraine trying to demonstrate the support that she has given, the government has given while she's been in control of the public finances for the past two years to the Ukrainian war effort. It is an absolutely brilliant photo- Mm-hmm ... uh, by the, uh, absolutely brilliant Stefan Rousseau,