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The Owen Jones Podcast

Behind the Scenes at Labour Conference 2022

The Owen Jones Podcast

Owen Jones

Politics, Government, News & Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

So, the Tories are in polling meltdown and they've crashed the economy: the election is now Labour's to lose, and here at the annual conference, delegates know it. But is this party still a broad church? Has Keir Starmer abandoned the promises he made to become Labour leader? Has the party finally adopted a bold transformative agenda in this crisis-ridden country? And could Labour really finally be on the brink of power?


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0:00.0

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0:09.6

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0:30.6

The tour has always been meltdown and unfortunately, so is the economy. Liz Truss's

0:37.0

premiership is stumbling from crisis to catastrophe. This is Labour's time. Is it in the bag

0:43.3

for the Labour Party? Well, if I was a Beckman, I'd say they've got a very good chance

0:47.2

of forming the next government, which means we need to find out what does Keir Starmer's leadership

0:52.0

stand for? How much is he just abandoned what he promised to do, of course, when he stood to be

0:57.5

leader? Is this now a United Party, the broad church that he promised? I want to get a feel from

1:04.8

shadow ministers, the delegates, the grassroots. What is Labour in 2022?

1:21.6

How are you feeling, Labour Conference? What's the vibe? Good, fabulous.

1:25.2

Really positive. Really positive. Really clear messages this time.

1:29.9

Pretty positive. I think there's a good atmosphere at the moment. I think we're all quite

1:33.1

confident. The Tories have been absolutely shambolic. There's a thing in the mirror from

1:37.2

yesterday's interview with Starmer, which is very good. They're changing from the hope of

1:41.6

a Labour government, to the belief of a Labour government. I think that's very accurate. There's

1:45.1

an atmosphere that we will win or not. We will win, but we can definitely win, compared to last

1:50.7

or at least. How are you feeling? Okay. Okay. Yeah, I mean, too much jubilation, too much.

1:58.1

I think we're taking it a bit for granted, all the mess for the Tories.

2:01.2

More weight. It feels very night-night too.

2:21.6

In 2019, I thought we would not be in government for another 20 years because of what happened.

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