One year of Labour - Politics Weekly live at Crossed Wires festival

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🗓️ 6 July 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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One year on from Keir Starmer’s election victory and Labour are well behind Reform in the polls, while the government is already having to bend to the will of its backbenchers. So how can Starmer recover? Kiran Stacey talks to Jonathan Ashworth, the chief executive of Labour Together and former MP for Leicester South, and Marie Tidball, the Labour MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, about the party’s first year in government, live at the Crossed Wires podcast festival in Sheffield. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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1:21.3	Hi, it's Kieran. I'm in Sheffield where we've been recording a special live edition of the podcast as part of Crossed Wires Festival.
1:28.6	I was joined on stage by a couple of Labor experts to talk about the last year in politics for the Labour Party and more broadly.
1:35.1	We had a brilliant conversation and even had time for some audience questions at the end.
1:38.8	Thanks so much if you came along.
1:40.1	I hope you enjoy this special live edition of Politics Weekly.
1:52.3	Can you remember where you were a year ago?
1:57.2	New Day was dawning, British flags were flapping, optimism was in the air,
2:02.4	14 years of Conservative government were over, Labour was back in power, the smiling but somewhat enigmatic here, Stama was climbing the steps to Downing Street. One year
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