Is Labour ready for power?
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
With Labour riding high in the polls, Keir Starmer is calling for an early general election. But after 12 years in the shadows, few members of Labour's top team, including Starmer himself, have had experience of government. So what are they doing to get ready?
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| 0:11.3 | million pounds. |
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| 0:20.9 | could do. |
| 0:21.9 | People's postcode lottery. |
| 0:22.9 | Good things come knocking. |
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| 0:27.6 | supply, play responsibly not available in Northern Ireland. |
| 0:35.0 | Rain doesn't care. |
| 0:36.5 | Rain takes no sides. |
| 0:38.1 | So go on, pray for rain. |
| 0:40.4 | Dreams made nightmares. |
| 0:42.2 | Title contenders. |
| 0:43.9 | Fallen. |
| 0:44.9 | Howlers. |
| 0:45.9 | Screamers. |
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| 0:50.0 | You choose your Aka reward. |
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