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Zoë Grünewald

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515 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Pod Save the UK
S3 Ep139: Will Starmer’s control freakery deliver victory to Reform?

whether the party is more you know should sit more left or more right or whatever I think a lot of the frustration is there is just no vision you're right it's a lot of technocratic tweaks and a lot of top-down party management but to what end if we're not actually doing anything consequential what's the point of having this iron grip on the party and I think the reason people wanted Burnham in and there was a strong argument for bringing Burnham in and giving him a cabinet position you know like like David Cameron did with Boris Johnson where obviously it didn't

Pod Save the UK
S3 Ep139: Will Starmer’s control freakery deliver victory to Reform?

stop him from becoming prime minister and ruining the country.

Pod Save the UK
S3 Ep139: Will Starmer’s control freakery deliver victory to Reform?

But it did kind of keep him a bit silent for a while.

Pod Save the UK
S3 Ep139: Will Starmer’s control freakery deliver victory to Reform?

It's that you could have a cabinet of all talents and you could show that you want someone who has vision and experience in there.

Pod Save the UK
S3 Ep139: Will Starmer’s control freakery deliver victory to Reform?

And the fact that Keir Starmer has cut that off, I think, is making people say, what is the Labour Party for?

Pod Save the UK
S3 Ep139: Will Starmer’s control freakery deliver victory to Reform?

What are we doing here?

Pod Save the UK
S3 Ep139: Will Starmer’s control freakery deliver victory to Reform?

You might have some business in China that day.

Pod Save the UK
Billionaire BS: How can Britain Stop Musk’s Disinformation?

Hello. Happy New Year.

Pod Save the UK
Billionaire BS: How can Britain Stop Musk’s Disinformation?

Hello. Happy New Year.

Pod Save the UK
Billionaire BS: How can Britain Stop Musk’s Disinformation?

Feeling hopeful? No. No. Are you? Are you feeling hopeful?

Pod Save the UK
Billionaire BS: How can Britain Stop Musk’s Disinformation?

Feeling hopeful? No. No. Are you? Are you feeling hopeful?

Pod Save the UK
Billionaire BS: How can Britain Stop Musk’s Disinformation?

We've certainly got our work cut for us.

Pod Save the UK
Billionaire BS: How can Britain Stop Musk’s Disinformation?

We've certainly got our work cut for us.

Pod Save the UK
Billionaire BS: How can Britain Stop Musk’s Disinformation?

Yeah.

Pod Save the UK
Billionaire BS: How can Britain Stop Musk’s Disinformation?

Yeah.

Pod Save the UK
Billionaire BS: How can Britain Stop Musk’s Disinformation?

Yeah.

Pod Save the UK
Billionaire BS: How can Britain Stop Musk’s Disinformation?

Yeah.

Pod Save the UK
Billionaire BS: How can Britain Stop Musk’s Disinformation?

So I think Musk has developed an unhealthy obsession with UK politics and he's really focused a lot of his attacks on Keir Starmer. Keir Starmer is a lightning rod for this because I think he has a legal background. You know, he was director of the CPS in the 2010s. So there are lots of things that conspiracy theory accounts can link to Keir Starmer.

Pod Save the UK
Billionaire BS: How can Britain Stop Musk’s Disinformation?

So I think Musk has developed an unhealthy obsession with UK politics and he's really focused a lot of his attacks on Keir Starmer. Keir Starmer is a lightning rod for this because I think he has a legal background. You know, he was director of the CPS in the 2010s. So there are lots of things that conspiracy theory accounts can link to Keir Starmer.

Pod Save the UK
Billionaire BS: How can Britain Stop Musk’s Disinformation?

We've seen that most recently with the grooming gangs. I saw an interesting statistic earlier, I think from Tortoise Media, that said that over the past week, Elon Musk has posted more than 200 times on grooming gang scandal in less than two weeks. So that just shows you, you know, considering this man owns Tesla, he's the richest man in the world.