Is UK politics moving left?

Not Another One

Richards Green Montgomerie Martin

Politics, News, Political, Political Commentary, Prime Minister, General Election, Number 10, Not Another One, Rishi Sunak

4.7 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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With a new Corbynite party mooted and Reform adopting policies traditionally seen as being on the other side of the divide, we ask whether the real shift of recent years has been towards a big state. And where does this shape-shifting populist threat leave Starmer and Reeves in their hunt for growth to pay for it all?

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Not Another One.
0:14.4	It's a hot July day here in London, but I have not been joined by my chums.
0:19.6	It's just me in this little padded cell,
0:23.0	talking to you from Soho Radio, where we record.
0:25.7	But I am delighted that I'm joined down the line by Steve,
0:30.5	Steve Richards, who's elsewhere in London,
0:33.0	part of his busy life telling other people
0:37.1	how to interpret a political world.
0:39.8	And Ian, Ian, Ian Martin, down the line from glamorous Newcastle.
0:44.2	That's just great.
0:45.2	Yeah, it's actually, it's raining.
0:46.7	Hello, Newcastle, yeah.
0:48.4	Yeah, it's sort of raining here a bit, and it's 18 degrees, and it's absolute bliss.
0:53.4	Well, the change in the temperatures, be what's done for our friend Tim Montgomery
0:58.3	because he can't join us today because his voice has given out, his throat has given out.
1:03.1	He has been temporarily silenced.
1:06.5	But I say temporarily because, as we all know, he is an irrepressible character and we'll be back.
1:12.4	In the meantime, Steve, what have you been up to? I know you've got so many projects on the go.
1:18.8	Yeah, it's been a busy old time. I've got the live show on Thursday at King's Place, rock and roll politics.
1:29.2	And there are only a few tickets left.
1:34.8	So for those who don't listen to my rock and roll politics podcast, where I have been explaining what we'll be doing live on Thursday and who hear it, it's you can pay for a stream
1:41.2	ticket if you're about 200 miles away, but otherwise do come along for
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