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Oh God, What Now?

Can Starmer Get Back to the Future?

Oct 13, 2023
Labour MP Stella Creasy, Rock and Roll Politics host Steve Richards, and The Trawl podcast's host Marina Purkiss discuss Keir Starmer's performance at the Labour Party Conference and the best political orators throughout history. They also explore the appeal of the occult and irrational beliefs in a bonus segment.
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  • Keir Starmer's conference speech emphasizes the need to challenge planning regulations and considers the idea of building new towns.
  • The Labour Party conference projects a government-in-waiting image with a sense of responsibility, ready to tackle the country's problems.

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Labour Party conference focuses on new towns and planning regulations

Labour Party conference discusses Keir Starmer's speech, which explores the idea of building new towns and bulldozing planning regulations. The speaker emphasizes the need to challenge the myth of the untouched British countryside and highlights that most of the UK is not genuinely wild or undeveloped. Specific regions, such as the Scottish Highlands and rural Wales, are mentioned as areas where new towns should not be built. Overall, the conference speech highlights the importance of reevaluating planning rules and considerations for new town development.

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