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Politics Weekly UK

Politics Weekly Westminster: Labour’s doom-and-gloom message

Politics Weekly UK

The Guardian

News, Politics

4.01.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The Guardian’s Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey talk about whether Labour can move away from the doom-and-gloom messaging and towards a more hopeful tone? Plus, MPs will get their first chance to vote on leadership contenders this week. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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0:00.0

This is the Guardian. nobody doubt that we are a great country we rarely say this because it's not it's not

0:16.1

in our British nature and frankly things will get worse before they get better.

0:23.7

That a protest fact.

0:25.7

We're not a protest.

0:27.1

I mean, this is what I do.

0:29.2

And I will revive our party so that we can provide the leadership

0:32.4

that our great country means

0:34.0

because conservatism has not failed.

0:36.0

Don't look back in anger. I'm afraid we do look back in anger

0:39.0

at what the last government left to this government.

0:42.0

I'm Pippa Carrira.

0:44.0

And I'm Kiran Stacy.

0:45.0

You're listening to Politics Weekly Westminster for the Guardian.

0:50.0

Well here we are here we are here in back after a long month visit more more than a month I think since we did our last podcast back in your front room back in my front room given it's a Sunday and we've got the curtains closed and the blind straw

1:06.2

even though the sun is shining outside and I'm sure we'd all enjoy you.

1:09.2

It feels like debate night all over again being in the darkened room with the TV in the corner.

1:13.7

But presumably you're feeling much refreshed after your summer break you.

1:17.4

I got a holiday, as did you right?

1:20.1

I mean we unlike seemingly anyone at the top of politics, actually managed to get some time off.

1:24.8

And thank goodness, I don't know. I think I could have gone straight from that campaign into, you know,

1:30.1

another summer of full-on work like Kiastarmadine.

1:33.0

I know I've been feeling a bit guilty. I came back from my holidays last week,

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