512. Trump’s Iran Disaster and the GB News Propaganda Machine
18 March 2026
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11 December 2023
Could Labour still lose the next election? What really went wrong under Jeremy Corbyn? What do the left actually think of the right?
Rory and Alastair are joined by Labour's Deputy Leader, Angela Rayner, to discuss all this and more on today's episode of Leading.
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