you were outriders with corbyn or whatever.er stretched with the challenges they faced internally and externally they didn't even have the time to do that kind of stuff. the kind of intricate rebuttal, building relationships with people who'd be useful, they didn't do it. they should've done it. you had brexit, two elections, the brexit after 2017. do we feed into policy? i think some of the stuff that came in 2017 and 2019 certainly fed into some of that. but i don't think it was ever really in a cogent way. one think about keir starmer and i agree, if his party gives him two bites of the cherry, he'll need them, because the big difference between starmer and blair is when they brought in alastair in the mid—90s and the mirror image within the last week they had john prescott. they got the trade unions on their side. and people forget that blair took people on a journey, it was a popularjourney with mass consent. i think starmer overstepped the mark last week in his initial proposal, which collapsed. and i think he needs to le

and what about those new outlets that emerged during jeremy corbyn�*s time?wer shifting to the centre of the party — how do they see their roles now? let me introduce you to my guest. jane merrick is policy editor at the the media show newspaper. before that she was political editor of the independent on sunday. you've been on twitter today with the assessment of keir starmer�*s speech for all your readers. i was tweeting a very long thread it was a very long tweet actually, so i ended up tweeting about 70 tweets. i guess it's a mix. the first take is a few tweets as he's speaking, but i'm a chilly going to be writing a piece. about what his policy agenda is and whether that's enough to him to win the next election. erin bastoni is co—founder of the barnett media a left—wing media company. i've been looking at the navarro website, you've got an op—ed saying that keir starmer isjust as dishonest as borisjohnson. there is another headline — starmer rigs the rules. is that the kind of dramatic statement the reason your readers go to your site and not the mainstr

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supporters to say _ of the jeremy corbyn supporters to say it — of the jeremy corbyn supporters to say tribute act, but the important point is — tribute act, but the important point is that he is a professional, he understands communication. i think in some ways, _ communication. i think in some ways, aaron is red, he could have — ways, aaron is red, he could have done _ ways, aaron is red, he could have done better with getting his policies in order for the pandemic, but you don't need a name. — pandemic, but you don't need a name, lobby name or a bigger tv name _ name, lobby name or a bigger tv name anymore. i don't think it matters — name anymore. idon't think it matters as— name anymore. i don't think it matters as much as getting the message — matters as much as getting the message right and getting that cut through. i think it is about— cut through. i think it is about credibility and he has made — about credibility and he has made a _ about credibility and he has made a big step today and getting that credibility. some _ getting that credibility. some names have been bandied abo

for me i don't think jeremy corbyn is why we have grown.y boomers and he has really been a content journey with those people his entire career. i think for us in media we look at millenniums and look at gen 2 and say we know where you are, we want to craft stories and offer insight where you like to see them. and we are going to go on a journey with you. we have an audience right now in their '30s and '20s but we want to grow. when they're in their '40s, '50s making decisions, having influence it going through media just like people in the sunday times. yes, these sites are doing pretty good traffic and still having a healthy following. how have papers like yours changed in response as a reaction? i think it's really interesting that there are websites like navarro which did really well underjeremy corbyn they were quite disruptive in an interesting way. i think no matter what their politics is there are a mix of really good politics and generational readership, followership and people going online. our newspaper is read by a broad scope of

at times stormy, it's set labour on course in a new direction, tacking right, leaving corbyn supporterst at sea. starmer told his party they had nearly been obliterated but essentially given they were roundly beaten byjohnson, whom he described as a trivial man, a trickster who had performed his one trick, it was clear labour had to shift back to the centre if they ever want to be in power again. there were also important rule changes strengthening starmer�*s hand, but it was his speech that was billed as "a make or break moment". ian birrell, was it make or break or where did it land in your view? i don't know if it was make or break but keir starmer could certainly feel happy with his progress over the week. the conference went pretty well for him — even the heckling probably helped, particularly when it was so crass as to call him when he was talking about his sick mother being in an emergency ward in hospital. to have people heckling there didn't look very good on them. he made some good lines, he's not a natural speaker, he's not a brilliant, engaging orator but he comes across as

we have been cheek by jowl since beating jeremy corbyn.g jeremy corbyn. we finally sent that communist cosmonaut i beating jeremy corbyn. we finally i sent that communist cosmonaut into orbit where he belongs. jokes alen , orbit where he belongs. jokes aplenty. he — orbit where he belongs. jokes aplenty, he used _ orbit where he belongs. jokes aplenty, he used the - orbit where he belongs. jokes aplenty, he used the spotlight to entertain as much as set out his ambition — to change the country in ways he claims his predecessors were not brave enough to do. yellow macro after decades of drift endeavour, this reforming government, this candid government, this government that got brexit done, that is getting the covid vaccine roll—out done, is going to get social care done, is going to get social care done, and we're going to deal with the biggest underlying issues of our economy and society. the problem is that no government has had the guts to tackle before. there are some tory discomfort about what the party's tory discomfort about what th

it leaderjeremy corbyn's expense.eneral election of 2019 when we finally sent that corduroy communist cosmonaut into orbit where he belongs. laughter next reflection on his time in intensive care with covid. when i wasl in: intensive care with covid. when i was lying in _ intensive care with covid. when i was lying in st — intensive care with covid. when i was lying in st thomas _ intensive care with covid. when i was lying in st thomas hospital. intensive care with covid. when i i was lying in st thomas hospital last year, i looked blearily out of my window at a hole in the ground between the icu and another much older, victorian section, and they seemed to be digging a hole for something or indeed someone. possibly me! i went back on a visit the other day, and i saw that the hole had been filled in with three orfour hole had been filled in with three or four gleaming levels of paediatrics unit.— or four gleaming levels of paediatrics unit. or four gleaming levels of aediatrics unit. �* ., ~ paediatrics unit. and the

plans when he was bidding to he _ corbyn's plans when he was bidding to be prime minister.. and when he think about — to be prime minister. and when he think about that, you think about that in— think about that, you think about that in context, it's really, really striking — that in context, it's really, really striking most of the prime minister clearly— striking most of the prime minister clearly has — striking most of the prime minister clearly has a lot of work to do now to win _ clearly has a lot of work to do now to win around businesses, and they are worried — to win around businesses, and they are worried about inflation and they are worried about inflation and they are worried — are worried about inflation and they are worried about inflation and they are worried about having to pass on the cost _ are worried about having to pass on the cost of — are worried about having to pass on the cost of increased inflation to consumers, customers and they are also worried — consumers, customers and they are also worried about a prospective planned — also worried about a pro

amy: we will hear yanis varoufakis, former british labour leader jeremy corbyn, nsa whistleblower edward snowden, and others. >> what has happened to julian assange is a crime and you must be freed. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in sudan, the military says it has placed prime minister abdalla hamdok under house arrest in an undisclosed location and detained most of his cabinet members in what the information ministry is calling a coup. sudan's military ruler has declared a national state of emergency and said he had dissolved a joint military-civilian governing council meant to transition sudan to civilian rule. he said a new government would lead sudan until like 2023. this comes after a failed coup attempt last month and two years after a popular uprising and military takeover ousted long-time president omar al-bashir. the internet went down across most of sudan as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets, blocking roads in khartoum, and facing gunfire near sudan's military's headqua

jeremy corbyn, once a marginal figure, came to office because people said he was right about that, wasn'think failure it's a powerful term and it's easy to reflect on whether we failed to win battles, we probably didn't succeed in winning wars. we probably didn't fail to win the battles. i also think in the case of afghanistan, it's too early to say whether it was a failure. but i would observe that 60% of afghans had been born since 2001 and they will want a very different afghanistan. coming to the detail of the afghan withdrawal. i just wonder what if any conclusions you can draw from the fact that not one, but a whole series of military interventions have not succeeded. was it that we perhaps got over cocky? that the political class had seen success? had seen some success dealing with saddam hussein? and thought they could make the world a better place? i think if you look back, you'll recall that was the era was about. robin cook and tony blair had a view on how we could make the world a better place. but i think it's deeper than that, and a lot has been written about the interaction

the first time conservatives have been cheek byjowl since beating jeremy corbyn.hat corduroy communist cosmonaut into orbit, where he belongs! jokes aplenty, he used the spotlight to entertain as much as set out his ambition to change the country in ways he claims his predecessors weren't brave enough to do. after decades of drift and dither, this reforming government, this can—do government, this government that got brexit done, that's getting the covid vaccine roll—out done, is going to get social care done and we are going to deal with the biggest underlying issues of our economy and society, the problems that no government has had the guts to tackle before. there is some tory discomfort about what the party's front row is doing, as families and firms face different pressures this autumn. but borisjohnson is promising a new way for the country to do business, using the moment to remake an old argument. the answer is to control immigration, to allow people of talent to come to this country, but not to use immigration as an excuse for failure to invest in people,

but it came out at a very important time in the uk when the labour party led at the time byjeremy corbyn to address anti—semitic elements within it. and i wonder if it's led you to fall out of love with sort of the labour party and left of centre politics. i don't know if i was ever in love with the labour party. for a long time now... i come from a left of centre position, and, you know, when i was young, i was pretty left—wing. i went to some young communist meetings, but i would now say that i am someone who imposes no ideological map on the world to think about it. i try and think as originally as i can about every subject, and that involves not thinking, well, i'm a left—wing person, so i must think this about this. i think it's been very alienating for mostjews, the experience of the labour party, and mostjews, a lot of whom, the people i know, even though there's lots ofjews who presumably vote conservative, but the ones i know tend to be quite progressive, and they have felt alienation. they've felt homeless, is what's happened. and this is going to probably be the final thought.

at times stormy, it's set labour on course in a new direction, tacking right, leaving corbyn supporters somewhat out at sea; starmer told his party they had nearly been obliterated but essentially given they were roundly beaten byjohnson whom he descrribed as a trivial man, a trickers who had performed his one trick, it was clear labour had to shift back to the centre if they ever want to be in power again. there were also important rule changes strengethening starmer�*s hand, but it was his speech that was billed as a make or break moment polly which one was it? let us examine the last few days politically. ian birrell, was it make or break or we didn't land in your view? make or break or we didn't land in yourview? i make or break or we didn't land in your view?— your view? i don't know if it was make or break _ your view? i don't know if it was make or break but _ your view? i don't know if it was make or break but keir - your view? i don't know if it was make or break but keir starmer| your view? i don't know if it was - make or break but keir starmer could certainly feel happy with

and what about those new outlets that emerged during jeremy corbyn's time?with the assessment of keir starmer�*s speech for all your readers. i was tweeting a very long thread it was a very long tweet actually, it was a very long speech actually,

jeremy corbyn came to office because he was right about that, wasn't he?ul term and it's _ wasn't he? i think it's a powerful term and it's easy _ wasn't he? i think it's a powerful term and it's easy to _ wasn't he? i think it's a powerful term and it's easy to reflect - wasn't he? i think it's a powerful term and it's easy to reflect on l term and it's easy to reflect on whether we failed to win battles, probably didn't succeed in many wars. we probably didn't failed to win the battles. i also think in the case of afghanistan, it's too early to say whether it was a failure. but i would observe that 60% of afghans had been born six 2001 and they were very different... had been born six 2001 and they were very different- - -_ very different... coming to the detail of the _ very different... coming to the detail of the afghan _ very different... coming to the l detail of the afghan withdrawal. very different... coming to the i detail of the afghan withdrawal. i just wonder what if any conclusions you can draw from the fact that not one, but a whole series o

— sound like corbynism? interesting, the hrase sound like corbynism?vative opposition, in some of the conservatives association, yes, you need to invest in the long—term and ensure you have the skills in place, but the problem i say again, is they have listened to, i have listened to the sarah you announcements, pre—budget announcements, pre—budget announcements made, to be frank they are nothing on the scale that is needed, after we have had a decade of savage austerity, you take, you take local authority, i am hoping he will say something about local councils today, because they have lost, cumulatively over the last 11 years they have lost 100 billion in central government funding, that impacts upon the whole range of local public services, and you mentioned the nhs funding, this additional capital equipment money, that, you know, there is a £9 guilty backlog because of cuts over the last 11 years and exactly as one of the people you interviewed said, where are the staff to operate these new machines, the scanners? there are 100,000 vacancies, part o

conservatives have gathered like this, and so the first remark was at former labour leader jeremy corbyn general election of 2019, when we finally sent that corduroyed communist cosmonaut into orbit, where he belongs. laughter next, a reflection on his time in intensive care with covid. when i was lying in st thomas' hospital last year, i looked blearily out of my window at a hole in the ground between the icu and another much older, victorian section, and amid the rubble of brick, they seemed to be digging a hole for something or indeed someone. possibly me! i went back on a visit the other day, and i saw that the hole had been filled in with three or four gleaming stories of a new paediatrics unit. and then he talked about social care to illustrate the central thrust of his argument. when i stood on the steps of downing street, i promised to fix this crisis, and after decades of drift and dither, this reforming government, this can—do government, this government that got brexit done, that's getting the covid vaccine roll—out done, is going to get social care done, and we are going to d

conservatives have gathered like this, and so the first remark was at former labour leader jeremy corbynthe first time since the general election of 2019, when we finally sent that corduroyed communist cosmonaut into orbit, where he belongs. laughter then he talked about social care to illustrate the central thrust of his argument. when i stood on the steps of downing street, i promised to fix this crisis, and after decades of drift and dither, this reforming government, this can—do government, this government that got brexit done, that's getting the covid vaccine roll—out done, is going to get social care done, and we are going to deal with the biggest underlying issues of our economy and society, the problems that no government has had the guts to tackle before. what he calls "levelling up" is needed he said, because... you will find talent, genius, flair, imagination, enthusiasm, everywhere in this country, all of them evenly distributed — evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. and it is our mission as conservatives to promote opportunity with every tool we have. we're announcing

a seriously rattled bus conductor pushed this way and that by a mob of jeremy corbyn supporters or ther use of public money so let's forgive him on the basis that he probably didn't know what he was talking about. in previous national crises, labour leaders have opted to minimise public anxiety and confusion by not trying to score cheap party political points and sadly that was not the approach taken by captain hindsight, attacking one week, rowing in behind when it seemed to be working, the human weather vane, the chameleon, and in his final absurd act of opportunism he decided to oppose step four of the road map injuly, remember? that's right, folks. if you listened to captain hindsight today, you would still be locked down. we would not have the fastest growth in the g7. if columbus had listened to captain hindsight, he would be famous for having discovered tenerife. how utterly astonishing. how utterly astonishing. how utterly astonishing that in the last few weeks, labour should actually have voted against the funding that we are putting forward for the nhs and we need to remember