407. Question Time: The U-turn Starmer Can’t Avoid
Summary
Alastair and Rory tackle listener questions on global and domestic politics. They analyze the close Romanian election result and its implications, debate whether Labour's policy shifts indicate a move away from the centre-left, discuss Germany's controversial immigration stance and its conflict with EU law, and reflect on the symbolic Sycamore Gap tree felling in the context of activism and prison overcrowding. The episode also touches on political developments in Albania, Mexico's judicial reforms and femicide rates, and the significance of the Turkish government's peace deal with the PKK.Episode description
Just how extreme will Merz’s immigration curb get? Can the Labour Party still identify as centre-right? And should the men guilty of felling the Sycamore tree be sent to prison?
Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more.
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