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Why is Rishi Sunak acting like he won?

The News Agents

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The Future of Labour's Politics

Uxbridge is a weird buy election, because it doesn't tell us very much about the next general election. But I think it probably tells us more about the direction of our long-term politics than the election itself. It was uncomfortable for them, because they obviously had Khan Nair as mayor. The tour is very successfully managed to do what politicians always say they want by elections to be about, but rarely are. And this really was about local issues. Let's be honest, London is already so dominated by Labour. We're trying to do the right thing and keep Londoners safe, but we've also got to recognise that people need compensation"

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