What’s Starmer’s plan for Friday morning?
6/15/202622 min
How is Keir Starmer planning to play this week?
The week which could end with Andy Burnham back in parliament.
We know the prime minister’s got a social media ban for under-16s to announce today and a G7 summit to attend.
But Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy discuss what else is on his mind, particularly after the resignation of John Healey as defence secretary – and whether a stubborn attitude is the right way to be.
They also have word on who’s back advising Keir Starmer.
The full list of candidates standing in the Makerfield by-election can be found here.
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First 90 secondsSam Coates· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, good morning, and welcome. It's Monday, June the 15th. Keir Starmer embarks on a program of frenetic activity today to prove that there's political fuel in the tank still with a press conference at just after 8:00 AM this morning banning under 16s from social media apps, then heading to France for the G7. Up to 10 social media apps will be banned, including TikTok and Snapchat, but not WhatsApp, more's the pity. Meaning that you can vote at 17, but not doom scroll. My name is Sam Coates of Sky News.
Anne McElvoy· Host0:35
And I'm Anne McElvoy from Politico. I've been in Geneva's version of full metal lockdown as the French-Swiss border, uh, gets ready for the G7 landmark summit, hours after the US and Iran announced they'd reached a peace deal and the reopening of the Straits of Hormuz. Uh, the details of that are still under wraps, but it will be signed in Switzerland. We hear the markets already jumping with a small amount of joy at the prospect of economic gloom lifting.
Sam Coates· Host1:06
Yeah. Finally, after four very long months, some relief. Uh, uh, I was looking back. The assassination by America of Ayatoma- uh, Ayatollah Khamenei took place on February the 28th, and that's how long it's been with all the economic pain, uh, and global turmoil that's followed. And of course, that should be good news for a prime minister with an eye on future months, but it's not clear that that's what Keir Starmer actually has.