{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/665deb2053abd100125cad54?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why Starmer needs to embrace nuclear weapons now","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/1717430832220-bbc687a1605bc2ba9aadd955672df43e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Labour have launched their defence plans, leading with their 'triple lock' which focuses on nuclear submarines and a constant at sea deterrent for the UK. Does this departure from Labour's 2016 stance represent a change in the party or a change in the state of global affairs?</p><p><br></p><p>Meanwhile, today the Conservatives have focused their energy on the Equality Act and its positioning on gender and biological sex.</p><p><br></p><p>Hannah Barnes, associate editor at the New Statesman, is joined by Freddie Hayward, political correspondent.</p><p><br></p><p>Sign up to the New Statesman's daily politics newsletter: <a href=\"https://morningcall.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Call</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Submit a question for a future episode: <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2022/10/you-ask-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">You Ask Us</a></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}