Starmer on the Ropes Over Questions of Dishonesty

About this episode

The episode discusses Keir Starmer's potential inquiry for misleading Parliament and features interviews with local political figures.

Keir Starmer could face an inquiry into whether he deliberately misled Parliament over the appointment of Peter Mandelson. Plus: We speak to Mayor of Tower Hamlets Lutfur Rahman about running a left-wing local council, and Welsh campaigner Elbashir Idris speaks about his recent run-in with Reform UK’s Arron Banks. With Aaron Bastani & James Butler.

People in this episode

Hosts: Aaron Bastani, James Butler

Guests: Lutfur Rahman, Elbashir Idris

Topics covered

• Keir Starmer
• Parliament
• local council
• left-wing politics
• Reform UK
• political inquiry

Keywords

• Keir Starmer
• Peter Mandelson
• Lutfur Rahman
• Elbashir Idris
• Reform UK
• politics
• inquiry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reform UK, Novara Media

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