UK Election Preview with David Lammy

Pod Save the World

Crooked Media

Politics, News

4.8 • 24.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Ben is joined by guest host David Lammy, British MP and Shadow Foreign Secretary. They discuss the upcoming election in the UK on July 4th and how historic a Labour win by Keir Starmer would be, how to read into popular support for Nigel Farage and his far-right party, an election betting scandal from people within Rishi Sunak’s inner circle, and the key domestic and economic issues on the line. They also talk about David’s theory of “progressive realism” and how a Labour foreign policy would continue to advocate for unity on the war in Ukraine, pressure Hamas and Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire, and what it would mean for David to represent his country as Foreign Secretary. Then, Ben touches on the arrival of a Kenyan police force in Haiti, Julian Assange’s release from prison, and speaks to New York Times reporter Edward Wong about his new book, “At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China”. Democracy or Else is OUT NOW! Buy wherever you get your books: http://crooked.com/books

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0:00.0	Welcome back to POTS, the world. I am Ben Rhodes and Tommy is out today because he is out
0:16.2	promoting his new book Democracy or else How to Save America in 10 easy steps just 10 of
0:22.0	them. It is out now.
0:24.0	That means you can get it in your bookstores.
0:25.8	I'm very appreciative of how people who listen to this podcast have been supportive of my books
0:29.8	in the past, helping me get on the bestseller list, the New York Times Best Seller list twice.
0:34.0	Not that this is a competition, it's not because I actually want them to get on the New
0:37.8	Times Best Seller list as well.
0:39.2	I want them to get their book out in the world.
0:42.0	And so I just do want to tell people,
0:44.4	I've read the book, I'm in the book, a little cameo appearance,
0:48.1	but it's a funny practical guide to American democracy.
0:51.8	It's basically like POTS of America in a book. It's got a lot of advice from the guys
0:56.9	over seven years of podcasting and years and years in politics before that. It brings in
1:02.3	perspectives from some really smart people. It has
1:05.2	some cool illustrations. It's got plenty of jokes of course. So it's a fun ride and
1:09.6	you can get a copy of democracy or else now wherever wherever books are sold, you can order it online,
1:14.4	pick it up.
1:15.2	It's perfect for the season.
1:16.7	The season, of course, being our crazy campaign,
1:18.7	and that leads me into the fact that we all know
1:21.4	the presidential debate is coming up. It's tomorrow night,
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