447. Is Starmer Sleepwalking Britain into Farage’s Hands?

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  • 10 September 2025

  • Posted by Alastair Campbell

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Has Starmer’s reshuffle shifted Labour to the right, and frozen out the left? Will Farage ultimately lose control of Reform UK? Why has the French government collapsed again?


Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more.


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One response to “447. Is Starmer Sleepwalking Britain into Farage’s Hands?”

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    Northern Ireland was completely ignored in this report. They regularly out perform others in the UK. We do have a slightly different system. I have noticed this in several episodes. At the moment we are still a member of the UK.

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