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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Take me to your deputy leader — Start Your Week with Gavin Esler and Jacob Jarvis

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Angela Rayner’s departure has left Labour in turmoil as the party looks to recalibrate. Will Starmer’s changes work? Plus, Reform UK held its conference at the weekend – is there any way of stealing the spotlight back from them? Gavin Esler and Jacob Jarvis discuss all this and more in Start Your Week. We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit.  www.patreon.com/bunkercast    Advertisers! Want to reach smart, engaged, influential people with money to spend? (Yes, they do exist). Some 3.5 MILLION people download and watch our podcasts every month – and they love our shows. Why not get YOUR brand in front of our influential listeners with podcast advertising? Contact ads@podmasters.co.uk to find out more. Written and presented by Jacob Jarvis with Gavin Esler. Audio production: Tom Taylor. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello and welcome to start your week from The Bunker. Before we begin, a quick reminder that if you do

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enjoy the work we do,

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you can back us on Patreon. There's a link in the show notes where you can find out how to get shows ad-free and early. I'm Jacob Jarvis, and joining me today for Start Your Week is This is Not a Drill host, Gavin Ezler. Hi, Gavin. Hi, good morning. Gavin, let's get into the reshuffle news first then. Stama is going to have been a bit

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annoyed, I imagine, to be bumped into a reshuffle. But will he actually be maybe a little bit more

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happy with the look of the party now, the look of his team? Well, he might be. Whether the party is

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