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Leading

6: David Lammy: The Future of Foreign Policy

Leading

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Politics, Government, News

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Is David Lammy the next politician to represent Britain on the global stage? Alastair and Rory speak to the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs about his upbringing, the Department for International Development, the Labour Party, tribalism in politics, and the role of foreign policy for Britain today. Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, receive a weekly newsletter, enjoy ad-free listening to both TRIP and Leading, join our Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up. Email: [email protected] Producers: Dom Johnson + Nicole Maslen Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to another episode of the Restless Polities leading with me, Alistair Campbell,

1:36.0

and me Rory Stewart. Join today by the son of a poor,

1:41.8

gianan immigrant family who made it to Harvard and to the bar. As at various points being

1:48.6

labelled the black Blair and the British Obama, a friend of both has a very recognisable laugh

1:55.8

for those who know him. But despite now being firmly a part of the establishment,

2:02.4

class has always been at the heart of his politics as MP for one of the poorest parts of the

2:06.9

country, Tottenham, campaigner on Grenfell, Windrush, Oxbridge elitism, knife crime drugs.

2:15.1

But if Labour win the next election he's going to be the foreign secretary.

2:21.4

So David Lamy, welcome first of all, but tell us a little bit about the journey from son of

2:29.0

poor gianan immigrant family to potentially foreign secretary.

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