Today, we look at Chris Mason’s interview with prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, plus we discuss why more prisoners could be released early from UK prisons. Adam chats to Chris about his interview with the prime minister in Washington at the Nato summit. Keir Starmer said that Joe Biden was 'on really good form' and doubled down on the government’s commitment to increase defence spending to 2.5%. And the government is planning to release non-violent criminals early to free up space in prisons. Starmer’s emergency measures are expected to buy the government 18 months extra time, but what are the long-term solutions? Adam is joined by Lord Ken Macdonald, former Director of Public Prosecutions and co-host of Double Jeopardy, the Law and Politics Podcast. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Gemma Roper and Sam Mclaren. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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So imagine my surprise as I'm watching the Keir starmer Joe Biden Oval Office moment to hear, Chris, your voice ringing out and asking, is it coming home?
Good news is right.
I tell you what, that's.
It's all because of the prime minister.
Not lost a game.
I'm to the Labour government, 2024.
Football can be held.
It looks like it.
Well, you see, that is why I flew all the way across the Atlantic and then got into one of the most prized political kind of spots, the Oval Office of the White House.
And you get there and you're confronted by power and authority, the us president and the british prime minister, and you've got a chance to hold them to account.
And so what is your question?
Is football coming home, Prime Minister?
Yeah, the thing is, I couldn't help it.
It was one of those sort of slightly funny moment, I've done it twice now, where you go into the Oval Office.
So you go in and you get bundled in just before they have their meeting, the two leaders.