Voternomics

Major Foreign Policy Tests Await a Starmer Victory

On this episode of Voternomics, former UK diplomat Tom Fletcher discusses how the Labour Party leader’s first 30 days could define his premiership.  Plus, reporter Ellen Milligan discusses her <a data-cke-saved-href="bbg://news/stories/SFL6VAT0AFB4" data-web-url="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-24/uk-labour-party-starmer-s-silence-on-brexit-risks-backfiring-once-he-s-in-power" href="bbg://news/stories/SFL6VAT0AFB4">story</a> on Labour’s position on Brexit. Hosted by Allegra Stratton and reporters Alex Wickham and Ailbhe Rae. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

This famously is the year of elections. So the Stephanomics feed has been taken over by our bonus series, Voternomics. It’s a weekly look at the way geopolitics - and elections - are upending the longstanding assumptions of policymakers and business people around the world. Hosted by Stephanie Flanders, head of Bloomberg Economics and former  BBC economics editor, former government advisor Allegra Stratton and Opinion columnist and author Adrian Wooldridge.