Heather Stewart

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438 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 11 Sep

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Today in Focus · Ed Stone to elder statesman: the making of Ed Miliband · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

Peter Mandelson would be good at that.

Brilliant, let's send him.

And I think the fact that Ed didn't necessarily go along with that suggests that, you know, maybe he might feel

I feel that appeasing Trump is not the only overriding priority of British foreign policy.

So I think it remains to be seen because I think in theory, prime ministers can think

Oh, I really want to focus on the domestic.

And it's true that Andy Burnham, you know, foreign policy hasn't necessarily been his top priority through his political career.

But also it's quite nice going to global summits and, you know, having your picture taken as alongside all the other leaders.

And, you know, there are lots of things that only the Prime Minister can do, lots of rooms that they get into that the Foreign Secretary doesn't.

So I think it really remains to be seen whether Burnham can carry through that idea.

Yeah.

handing over quite a big bit of territory to his foreign secretary.

The potential is clearly there, I think, for quite an interesting shift and a shift that helps Labour to show what sort of government it is and what its principles are.

And obviously this week's move on Israeli settlements is exactly that.

It's we're a different government.

This is what we stand for.

Here are our principles.

You know, and yes you might throw things at us, but this is what we

Yeah.

believe and that is potentially quite powerful, I think.

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