Is Corbyn’s comeback a headache for Starmer - or a red herring?
Electoral Dysfunction
Sky News
4.4 • 764 Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
This week Beth, Ruth and Harriet answer your questions on whether Corbyn's comeback could fracture the left and hand seats to the Tories and Reform.
What does it mean for Starmer? Could the Green Party seize the moment? And is this a political headache - or just a red herring?
Plus - your questions on rebuilding the Tory party, Scottish Labour and the elections north of the border next year, and we shout out the podcasts we can't stop listening to.
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| 0:00.0 | Sun cream on, hit the park, ice cream time. |
| 0:03.5 | Sorry, I don't have enough for an ice cream today. |
| 0:06.8 | Bit of relaxing. |
| 0:08.2 | Run to my shift. |
| 0:09.5 | Dinner time. |
| 0:10.7 | Stop at the food bank. |
| 0:12.2 | Watch some telly. |
| 0:13.4 | Read through the bills. |
| 0:15.5 | Off to bed. |
| 0:16.6 | There are two sides to every summer. |
| 0:18.6 | Together, we can support families living in poverty |
| 0:21.0 | with the little things that make a big difference this summer. |
| 0:24.4 | Search Bernardo's to find out how. |
| 0:27.1 | Bonados. |
| 0:27.9 | Changing childhoods, changing lives. |
| 0:30.1 | Looking for the right uni. |
| 0:31.8 | You've got one eye on a certain course, |
| 0:33.6 | one on where your mates are going, |
| 0:35.1 | one on how far from whom you want to be, |
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| 1:08.0 | Hello and welcome to Electral Dysfunction from Sky News with me, Beth Rigby. |
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