Ex defence secretary slams Starmer's strategy

About this episode

The episode discusses criticism of Labour's response to global threats, Trump's AI Jesus, and parliament's summer of sex.

Criticism of Labour's response to the global threat, Trump's AI Jesus and parliament's "summer of sex". Will Dunn and Anoosh Chakelian round up this week's stories. Any suggestions for next week's categories, please comment below. 📚 READ: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/the-sketch/2026/04/at-a-defence-conference-tech-execs-haggle-over-reducing-the-cost-to-kill LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Will Dunn, Anoosh Chakelian

Topics covered

• Labour Party
• political strategy
• global threats
• AI technology
• parliament
• current events

Keywords

• Labour
• Trump
• AI Jesus
• political strategy
• global threats
• parliament
• current events

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Labour, New Statesman

Books & works: AI Jesus

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