Review of the year: how will we remember 2024? – Politics Weekly UK

Politics Weekly UK

The Guardian

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🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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John Harris is joined by the Guardian’s Politics Weekly Westminster hosts, political editor Pippa Crerar and correspondent Kiran Stacey, to look back at 2024 and ahead to what 2025 might bring. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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1:30.3	Good afternoon. I have just returned from Buckingham Palace, where I accepted an invitation from His Majesty the King to form the next government of this great nation. One general election,
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