George Parker
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 11 Jul
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I think there are too many
problems in his party, too many problems around his own personal finances in this case.
And even if he gets to the starting line of an election in 2029 as the favourite, you can imagine there'll be massive tactical voting because Farage is very, very popular with some people, but also very, very unpopular with an even bigger group of people.
And even the most recent results this week, the overall projected national vote share for Reform UK was about 28, 29%.
That still, I don't think, would be enough to get him over the line in the general election.
So there's still a long way to go.
George Parker, Financial Times political editor.
George, thank you very much for joining us.
The Claire Byrne Show · Keir Starmer facing further pressure on his premiership · 28 Apr 2026
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I think he's a component of the Spangali figure, hasn't he, at Westminster?
And as you say, he's worked behind the scenes.
And until last week when he was at a conference in Kiev, I don't think anyone really had heard him speak.
And I think he's been sort of given quite a calm account of
his extraordinary role at the heart of the number 10 operation.
I mean, you heard there in that clip, what he's basically saying is that he did make the recommendation for Mandelson to get this job.
He thought that Mandelson would be the right person to deal with Donald Trump.
He said that if Kamala Harris had won the American presidential election, he didn't think that Mandelson would have gone to Washington.
But given the fact that Trump was there, this extraordinary politician, they needed someone with extraordinary talents to go out and be up against him.
Well, this is all about the appointment of Peter Mandelson and the circumstances around his appointment.
And Philip Barton was the head of the Foreign Office at the time when the initial announcement was made.
He basically said he was given about a week's notice of this appointment coming down the track.
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