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🗓️ 4 July 2025
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This weekend marks 12 months since last year’s General Election, when Labour were swept to power with an enormous landslide victory ending 14 long years in opposition, but it seems unlikely they will be hanging the bunting outside Number 10 after a very tough first year in office for Keir Starmer.
To discuss just how bad things have got, and how Labour might solve their problems, PoliticsHome have again partnered with the pollsters Thinks Insight & Strategy, who have taken the nation’s temperature this week, and with host Alain Tolhurst to discuss the results of their voter survey is their CEO Ben Shimshon, along with two Labour MPs elected for the first time last summer, Rachel Blake, the member for Cities of London and Westminster, and Julia Buckley, the MP for Shrewsbury.
Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton and edited by Ewan Cameron for Podot
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to The Rundown, a podcast from Politics Home with me Alan Tolvest. |
| 0:09.6 | This weekend marks 12 months since last year's general election, when Labour was swept to power |
| 0:14.4 | with an enormous landslide victory, ending 14 long years in opposition. But it seems unlikely |
| 0:19.5 | they'll be hanging the bunting or popping champagne corks in number 10 tonight, |
| 0:22.6 | after rebellion over controversial welfare cuts overshadowed any cause for celebration, |
| 0:26.6 | with an awkward climb down and meant speculation about the Chancellor, |
| 0:30.6 | possibly even the Prime Minister's future swirling around Westminster. |
| 0:34.6 | In truth, it's been a very tough first year in office for Kyr Stama, inheriting a |
| 0:38.6 | badly damaged economy and facing a string of global crises, but there have undoubtedly been |
| 0:42.6 | unforced errors too, all leading to what's been labelled the worst start to any premiership in living |
| 0:47.3 | memory. But all is not perhaps lost. Prime Ministers have had poor starts before, and there are |
| 0:52.5 | still an awfully long way to go to the next election, |
| 0:54.4 | with plenty of time for Starmor and his government to implement his plans to fix public services, |
| 0:58.8 | turn the economy round and win a second term. |
| 1:01.8 | So to discuss just how bad things have got and how Labour might solve their problems, |
| 1:05.6 | we have again partnered with the polling and strategy firm Thinks Insight, |
| 1:09.2 | who have taken the nation's temperature this week. |
| 1:11.4 | We'll be to discuss the results to their opinion poll |
| 1:13.0 | is CEO Ben Shimson, |
| 1:15.0 | along with two Labour MPs elected for the first time last summer. |
| 1:18.6 | Rachel Blake, the member for cities of London and Westminster, |
| 1:21.6 | and Julia Buckley, the MP for Shrewsbury. |
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