30. Keir Starmer on rebuilding Labour, Tory leadership, and Brexit

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  • 20 July 2022

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In a special episode recorded in Westminster as temperatures approached 40C in London, Rory and Alastair are joined by the Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer.


They debate and discuss the Tory leadership race, Scotland, rebuilding Labour, economic policy, global recession, Brexit, Boris Johnson, the path to power, the Lib Dems, electoral reform, written constitutions, the British press and more.


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Producer: Dom Johnson

Exec Producer: Jack Davenport


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