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One year hard Labour: Why is the UK so difficult to govern?

One year hard Labour: Why is the UK so difficult to govern?

Update: 2025-07-04
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After a crisis week for Britain’s ruling Labour Party, host Bronwen Maddox and Chatham House’s Olivia Sullivan are joined by economist Professor Stephen Millard and pollster Joe Twyman to look at the foreign and domestic challenges facing the country just one year after Keir Starmer won a landslide election victory.

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One year hard Labour: Why is the UK so difficult to govern?

One year hard Labour: Why is the UK so difficult to govern?

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