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Speaker 1: In the Brady UK Correspondents with us Hello, Inda.

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Speaker 2: Hey, Heather, good to speak to you again.

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Speaker 1: So do you think the Prime Minister is undermining Rachel Reeves?

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Speaker 2: Look, I think he had to do something because the

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Speaker 2: agenda is not being set by him, and the feeling

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Speaker 2: was that while he's being the international statesman and traveling

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Speaker 2: around and seeing Trump and meeting Zelenski and doing all

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Speaker 2: the kind of stuff that formerly big name British prime

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Speaker 2: ministers used to do, the domestic agenda has been neglected

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Speaker 2: and I think that is a reflection in everything we've

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Speaker 2: seen in the last twelve to twenty four hours. He's

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Speaker 2: not undermining her. I think it's just he's fighting for

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Speaker 2: his own corner because the agenda is being set by

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Speaker 2: Nigel Faraj and Starmer absolutely has to stop that.

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Speaker 1: But how could. I mean, she must feel undermind if

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Speaker 1: you're going to have three economic advisors coming and what

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Speaker 1: she do the budget there hardly says a lot about

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Speaker 1: the confidence the Prime minister has in you, does it?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Look, we need growth, that's the first thing here.

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Speaker 2: Every prime Minie comes in saying we will grow the economy.

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Speaker 2: I can do all the voices of the last ten

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Speaker 2: Prime ministers the same speech. It never seems to happen.

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Speaker 2: And look, they thought they were on to a winner,

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Speaker 2: having a politician who had worked in the Bank of England.

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Speaker 2: It's not working out. The economy is flatlining. I think

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Speaker 2: the real issue at the heart of this government is

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Speaker 2: communication starmar. This has gone under the radar. Yesterday they

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Speaker 2: actually booted out their head of Strategic comes, James Lyons,

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Speaker 2: out of Downing Street. Yesterday he's out. Another guy's coming in.

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Speaker 2: It's a communication issue at the heart of this government.

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Speaker 2: And look, I often get asked to advise politicians, governments

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Speaker 2: and big business about communication, and it is I always

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Speaker 2: say to them when we start off, it's six words.

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Speaker 2: Know your audience, know your message. And I don't think

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Speaker 2: Starmer knows either at the moment.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, good point. And speaking of reform, I mean reforms

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Speaker 1: running rings around them on the migrants, aren't they.

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Speaker 2: Yes, And a new policy today to try and start

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Speaker 2: making some inroads on this. So as it stands, anyone

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Speaker 2: who's granted asylum in the UK can immediately put in

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Speaker 2: for family members to come join them. And this has

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Speaker 2: been happening over and over again. Forty one thousand people

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Speaker 2: applied for asylum here in the last twelve months under

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Speaker 2: Starmer's watch as Prime Minister, and as it stands right now,

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Speaker 2: those people can all say I've got a partner, we've

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Speaker 2: got children, my mother needs help, all come to the UK.

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Speaker 2: So the system is clearly being exploited. So what they're

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Speaker 2: doing now is a temporary ban on family members coming

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Speaker 2: to the UK while they look at making permanent legislation.

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Speaker 2: They're also going to look at the whole issue of

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Speaker 2: student visas because a lot of people are coming here

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Speaker 2: in a student visa from countries like Nigeria and Pakistan

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Speaker 2: with no intention of going back.

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Speaker 1: Interesting. Now, do you think you're going to see the

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Speaker 1: Northern lights? Finally?

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Speaker 2: Ah, I do hope so, because I've spent an awful

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Speaker 2: lot of money and an awful lot of time traveling

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Speaker 2: to the Arctic over the last decade and a half

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Speaker 2: to try and see them. I've been to Northern Sweden twice.

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Speaker 2: I've been to Norway Northern Norway twice, I've been to Iceland,

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Speaker 2: and on every single occasion i've gone to see the

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Speaker 2: Northern lights, I've had someone say, oh, it's a bad

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Speaker 2: week to see the lights, and it hasn't happened, so

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Speaker 2: would you believe it? They popped up in England last night.

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Speaker 2: I kid you not see North Yorkshire. No, we live

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Speaker 2: in Oxfordshire and I was inside watching soccer on TV.

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Speaker 2: So tonight tonight I'm gonna I'm gonna absolutely make sure

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Speaker 2: I go for a little jog or a walk or

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Speaker 2: something as soon as the sun goes down. Apparently there

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Speaker 2: has been a geomagnetic storm that will affect our weather

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Speaker 2: system tonight and the Northern Lights could be visible in

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Speaker 2: the south of England. So watch this space and that,

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Speaker 2: you know.

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Speaker 1: Look through your phone, put your phone up and look

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Speaker 1: through it. It makes it, It makes a bit like

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Speaker 1: it's not it's not it's not. It's not like a

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Speaker 1: modern thing, like a modern joke. It actually you can

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Speaker 1: see it bit of that way.

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Speaker 2: Oh well, look I'm excited. But it just goes to

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Speaker 2: show you that, you know, some things are meant to be.

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Speaker 2: I'm told they look stunning, they look amazing. Let's see.

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Speaker 1: I'll have to see it to believe it. Thank you

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Speaker 1: in the look after yourself and best luck that that's

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Speaker 1: into Brady, a UK correspondent.

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