Why the next election isn’t yet a done deal
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The Times
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🗓️ 11 October 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The 2023 conference season is winding down. But did the parties achieve what they wanted - and needed - to? And did they shift the dial when it comes to the result of the next general election?
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| 1:04.6 | This year's party conference season is winding down. Although the conference called it seems, |
| 1:10.6 | it's just getting started. We've had the Trade Union's Congress, the Lib Dems, the Tories, |
| 1:16.4 | Clyde Cumbery, the Green Party, Reform UK and Labour. |
| 1:21.6 | But for all the events, the debates and the parties, there were two moments that could really define the future. |
| 1:32.8 | The moment that the Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, delivered his pitch to be Prime Minister. |
| 1:38.8 | Why Labour? Because we will grow every corner of our country. |
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