{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/658300edbbd71a00174fea51/6a0dd9e5a9d3d2ec144cd262?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Comrade Keir? Starmer’s Soviet agenda laid bare at PMQs","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/658300edbbd71a00174fea51/1779292562624-fb9cc24f-8841-483f-bd68-7878e900c8c0.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>After a tumultuous two weeks for the Prime Minister, not even an <a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/05/19/watch-arsenal-wild-celebrations-win-premier-league/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal Premier League win</a> could turn things around for Sir Keir Starmer ahead of his first PMQs since Labour’s devastating local election results.</p><p><br></p><p>On Wednesday’s Daily T podcast, Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley delve into the fiery exchange in the Commons as <a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/05/20/starmer-eases-sanctions-on-russian-oil/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kemi Badenoch</a>, the Conservative Party leader, said his approach to foreign and economic policy was “like the Soviets won”.</p><p><br></p><p>Camilla and Tim also look at the Green Party’s newest MP Hannah Spencer’s first question in the Commons, where she criticised her colleagues for “drinking on the job”, and the conveniently planted question for Starmer regarding Reform leader <a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/14/farage-given-5m-gift-billionaire-reward-brexit-bought-house/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nigel Farage’s £5m donation</a> from a cryptocurrency billionaire.</p><p><br></p><p>Meanwhile, Wes Streeting gave his resignation speech in Parliament, warning that the <a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/05/20/keir-starmer-live-pmqs-labour-burnham-streeting-makerfield/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Prime Minister’s failures will put Farage in power</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Producers: Georgia Coan and Emma Williams</p><p>Social Media Producer: Conor Clark</p><p>Senior Producer: John Cadigan</p><p>Executive Producer: Charlotte Seligman</p><p>Video Producer: Will Walters</p><p>Studio Operator: Meghan Searle</p><p>Editor: Camilla Tominey</p><p><br></p><p>Highlights</p><ul><li>Kemi Badenoch slams Starmer in PMQs, saying PM is ‘hanging on by a thread’</li><li>Starmer eases Russian oil sanctions, drawing fire over betrayal of Ukraine</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}