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Victoria Derbyshire Roasts ‘Hypocritical’ Lucy Powell Over Liz Truss Snap Election Demand

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Victoria Derbyshire branded Labour’s deputy leader “hypocritical” after she said Andy Burnham should not call a snap election, despite demanding one when Liz Truss quit.

Lucy Powell demanded the country go to the polls after Truss resigned as prime minister in October, 2022, after just 49 days in office.

On BBC One’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg, which was presented this morning by Derbyshire, Powell was reminded of a post she put on Facebook that day.

Derbyshire told her: “You posted ‘let the public decide the next prime minister. General election now’. Do you want a general election now so the public can decide their next prime minister?”

Powell said: “I think we were in very particular times after Liz Truss had crashed the economy, making big decisions that had nothing to do with the Conservative manifesto.”

But Derbyshire told her: “The principle is the same. Let the public decide on the next prime minister, you wrote. So that situation could apply to now. Do you want the public to decide on the next prime minister now?”

Changing tack, Powell said: “We live in a parliamentary democracy, where the prime minister is chosen by MPs.”

When the presenter pointed out that wasn’t what she was saying in 2022, Powell replied: “What we had then was two prime ministers in less than two months, one of whom who came along and didn’t listen to anyone around her.

“The big institutions that support this country took some big decisions for which every single one of us paid a very, very heavy price in inflation going through the roof and our mortgage rates going through the rook after a period of real disruption.”

Derbyshire said: “So you don’t think there should be a general election now. Is that not hypocritical?”

Powell replied: “No, I don’t think it is, because I think what people want to see now is us getting on with the job, delivering on the manifesto that we were elected on only two years ago.”

Burnham is set to become prime minister on July 20, barely a month after being elected MP for Makerfield.

Keir Starmer announced last Monday that he is standing down after losing the support of his MPs.

With no one else expected to throw their hat into the ring, Burnham will be named Labour leader at a special conference on July 17, and take over as PM three days later.

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Victoria Derbyshire Corners Minister Over Europe’s Embarrassing Exclusion From Ukraine Talks

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Victoria Derbyshire cornered a minister today over Europe’s exclusion from the US’s peace talks in Ukraine with Russia.

US president Donald Trump is pushing for a quick resolution to the Ukraine war.

He has already signalled that Kyiv may have to give up occupied territory to Russia and forfeit hopes of getting into Nato any time soon.

The US is planning to hold talks with Russian negotiators in the coming weeks – but the UK and the rest of Europe have not been invited to join.

Controversially, Washington says it will just consult the continent and not directly involve them in the peace talks.

So, speaking to business and trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds this morning, presenter Derbyshire pointed out that the UK and its European allies were absent from the “new world order”.

On the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, she said: “I’m trying to understand what appears to be the new world order.

“And it appears the UK, and the Europeans, are not even at the table when it comes to discussing negotiations over how the war in Ukraine will end.”

Reynolds replied: “The US defence secretary has also said everything is still on the table, and we shouldn’t rule out potential outcomes –”

Derbyshire cut in: “Yes everything is on the table, but you’re not there!”

Reynolds said: “For a peace settlement to be durable it will simply have to have the involvement of the Europeans and the Ukrainians themselves.

“There’s been an incredible contribution from Europe alongside the US to the defence of Ukraine.”

He added that Trump “likes to win” and the way to do that is not awarding aggression.

The presenter asked: “Right, so why do you think the US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said earlier in the week Ukraine won’t be in Nato and Ukraine will have to give up some of its territory?”

“He’s also said he’s not ruling anything out,” Reynolds repeated. “That’s their position they have outlined in terms of the immediate short-term.”

The cabinet minister noted peace requires security guarantees, and “we will all have to play a part in that”.

He also said there was still a “great deal of common ground between the US and its European allies”.

Derbyshire asked how PM Keir Starmer plans to act as a bridge between the US and Europe as he joins European leaders for an emergency summit in Paris on Ukraine.

Reynolds replied: “Both allies will always be fundamentally important to us, I do think we can play a constructive role in this.

“I’m not saying it’s going to be easy, there’s a very assertive agenda from the US,” he said, while adding that the UK offers a lot in terms of defence and economic relations with the US.

’But there appear to be differences on Ukraine?” Derbyshire pointed out.

The minister said both sides want peace and a durable end to the war, so Ukraine can be rebuilt.

Reynolds also said the UK would “play its part” when pressed over whether it could send peacekeeping troops into Ukraine – but it was a “hypothetical right now”.

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Victoria Derbyshire, “What appears to be the new world order.. It appears the UK and Europeans are not even at the table.. When it comes to negotiations on how the war will end”

Jonathan Reynolds, “The US has said everything is on the table”

Victoria Derbyshire, “Everything is… pic.twitter.com/IeV6VH3NEP

— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) February 16, 2025

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