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Coco Kahn

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Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

Maybe that would be a good idea, actually, given everything that's gone on.

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

And the fact that they haven't until now really tells you something about the problems within the party of letting women leaders arise.

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

The candidate that is the favourite is Ed Miliband.

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

But he is very clear to say that he doesn't actually want to do it.

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

So here he is talking to Sky News' Sophie Ridge.

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

It sounds a little bit like this is your own leadership pitch.

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

Absolutely baloney.

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

He's quite clear about it.

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

Having said that, though, Nish, we spoke to Andy Burnham on this podcast, I mean, probably over a year ago now, and he was like, no, no, no, no, I'm not interested in that.

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

No, no, no, no, I'm not interested in that.

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

I don't know how much I buy any of this, to be completely honest.

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

I keep returning to this thought about how much disdain do you have for the public that you think we don't care about this?

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

How base or low do you think we are that we don't care about pedophilia?

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

We do care.

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

Nonetheless, given everything we've said,

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

It probably explains this fairly large news, which is that Unite, the union, is speeding up a possible split with Labour.

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

They're launching a consultation about disaffiliation.

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

That's according to Sam Coates of Sky News, with a decision expected at their conference later this year.

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

So Unite are a really major donor for Labour.

Pod Save the UK
141: McSweeney: the man who made Starmer and his ties to Mandelson

That's Β£1.6 million they gave in 2025.