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2026: Can Starmer handle a year from hell? – with Steve Richards

2026: Can Starmer handle a year from hell? – with Steve Richards

Update: 2026-01-06
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Turning around Labour’s unpopularity would be a tall enough order for the Prime Minister. But the stakes are higher than ever with a far-right government waiting in the wings, Trump and Putin shredding the international rules-based order, and the economy refusing to recover. Can Starmer turn it around in 2026? Steve Richards, political commentator and presenter of the Rock’n’Roll Politics podcast , explains the Prime Minister’s make-or-break year to Andrew Harrison.


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Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio production: Tom Taylor. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.


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2026: Can Starmer handle a year from hell? – with Steve Richards

2026: Can Starmer handle a year from hell? – with Steve Richards

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