Starmer’s Brexit Dilemma

Labour’s Plan For Power: Starmer’s Brexit Dilemma is the fourth episode of a special new i podcast series looking at what Sir Keir Starmer’s party would do differently if it wins the next election. Hosted by Paul Waugh, i‘s chief political commentator, this is a four-part series that also covers the economy, the NHS and the north-south divide.


David Lammy, the Shadow Foreign Secretary, tells us: “The European Union is our number one priority… because I believe that our future prosperity and security is predicated on good relationships with our European partners.”


But former Cabinet minister Ed Balls says Labour needs to be more vocal on its plans. “Right now, I think not talking about our relationship is a problem. And not talking about how that fits with Britain's place in the world is a problem.”


And polling expert Professor Sir John Curtice has a warning: “What the party does need to understand…is that if indeed it is elected into office by a predominantly pro-EU electorate, it's then got to think about how it's going to best keep that electorate.”


Produced and edited by Julia Webster.


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Om Podcasten

Armed with a consistently large lead in the opinion polls and a string of by-election successes, Britain's Labour Party looks closer to power than it has done for 13 long years.


But with many voters effectively now looking over Rishi Sunak’s shoulder, more and more people are asking a blunt question: ‘What would Keir Starmer actually do if he wins the next election?’  


While the party has started to sketch out its plans for government, for some there is still a frustrating lack of answers.   This is a special i podcast series that aims to shed some light on that very question.  


We’ll talk to independent experts about what Labour could do in office, and to politicians about what it should do.  


We’ll hear from the people writing Labour policy - and who will sit in Starmer's first cabinet if he gets the keys to Number 10.  


This fortnightly series will cover the party’s plans for the economy, for the NHS, for tackling the north-south divide and for life after Brexit.


Presented by Paul Waugh i Chief Political Commentator.


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