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Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots, the Spectator's Daily Politics Podcast. I'm Oskredminton,

and I'm joined today by James Heel and Paul Goodman. So, Kemi has now had 100 days to transform

the Conservative Party from spent electoral force and into a fresh threat moulded in her own image.

James, I'll start with you. Has it been a success so far, would you say?

Well, I'm reminded of the Chinese philosopher's verdict on the French Revolution in the early 1970s, which it was too soon to tell.

As a result of that, obviously, he was talking about the 1968 French Revolution rather than the 17891 version.

But, I mean, I think that it is too early to tell if Cam Beignock is going to be a success or not.

Obviously, she's done two list trusses and thus far there's no immolation of the markets.

I think that there have been some good steps. And I think that, you know, you look at the grooming gangs amendment.

You look at the education bill Uter. And you look at some of the things she's been saying on immigration. I think that, you know, you look at the grooming gangs amendment, you look at the education bill Uter, you look at some of the things she's been saying on immigration, I think that

there is the correct approach in some of these areas, but I do think that some people would like

to see it going more in terms of prosecuting the fight against Labor. In some ways, of course,

the collapse of the Labor government's poll ratings over the past

six months or so have been a help, but other ways are hindrance. Fraser Nelson, our former

editor, argued in the Times on Saturday that actually the spotlight has come around too soon to

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