Public Sentiment and Political Discontent

On recent episodes we’ve looked back at Labour’s first 12 year in government, and we’ve looked ahead at what Labour could do next. Today, Newscast finds out how voters feel things are going.

Laura and Paddy chat with Luke Tryl, director of More in Common, political research group, to find out what new polling suggests about what the public really think of Keir Starmer.

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