202. How Labour should fight the election, taking on the British press, and Orbán's future far-right axis
The Rest Is Politics
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Labour's strategy of shrinking the target and dealing with media attacks
The Labour party's strategy involves 'shrinking the target' to give opponents less to attack and not putting out too many policies to avoid being attacked by the media. However, the speaker raises concern that the current Labour campaign may be overlooking the need for major campaigns alongside the strategy to neutralize the press. They highlight that during their time, they welcomed attacks from the press as it allowed them to differentiate themselves from the Tories and showcase their major campaigns like minimum wage, New Deal, section 28 and gay rights, and Scottish Parliament.
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