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Coffee House Shots: who really runs No.10?

Coffee House Shots: who really runs No.10?

Update: 2025-12-06
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This weekend’s Coffee House Shots digs into the growing debate over whether Keir Starmer should tack left on the economy as voters peel away to the Greens and Lib Dems – and why some in Labour think its migration stance is now more popular with their own voters than ever. Are Labour tacking left?

But beyond policy, a deeper question looms: is Westminster’s obsession with ‘super-advisers’ drowning out the government’s message? Tom Baldwin argues that leaks, briefing wars and the hunt for the next ‘power-behind-the-throne’ are undermining Labour’s ability to tell a coherent story, while Tim Shipman asks why Starmer still struggles to communicate the values that drive him.

James Heale speaks to Tim Shipman and Tom Baldwin, Keir Starmer's biographer.

Produced by Oscar Edmondson.




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Coffee House Shots: who really runs No.10?

Coffee House Shots: who really runs No.10?