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Hello and welcome to the edition podcast from The Spectator. Each week we look at three

pieces from the magazine with the writers behind them. I'm William Moore, the Spectator's Features Editor.

On this week's episode, we ask, does Starma stack up, discuss the fading art of the pantomime

dame, and learn about how the Spectator's first film critic transformed cinema.

First up, in her cover piece for the magazine this week,

the Spectator's politics editor, Katie Balls,

writes that while Kier Stalmer's accession to number 10 seems certain,

his agenda is less so.

She tries to piece together what a Labour government might look like under Kirstarmer,

and she joins me now along with Paul Mason,

the journalist who is seeking

a Labour seat at the next election. Katie, now that bookmakers are giving Labor a 90% chance

of winning the next election, and people in positions of power and influence in politics

and business are acting as if Kirstar is going to be the next prime minister.

Could you start by giving a summary of the area that you've identified as being the priorities

for a future Labour government? Yeah, as you say, I think what's quite funny is if you stopped

any person at the moment and they said, who do you think is being prime minister next year?

Most would say Kirstama. Yeah, he said, what do you think he's going to do? I think you'd

get a pause. I think you'd probably also get different answers. And this is not a complete accident

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