Will Labour allow 'wedge issues' to define the next election?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Labour are sitting 17 points ahead in the polls but are facing criticism for seeming to roll back on green policies.
On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by Andrew Fisher, former Labour director of policy under Jeremy Corbyn and John McTernan, former political secretary to Tony Blair, to discuss the different approached Labour could take. Plus, Sky’s Chief political correspondent Jon Craig looks back to the last time Labour seemed to be on the brink of a landslide victory.
Podcast producer: Rosie Gillott
Digital promotions producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Wendy Parker
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| 0:00.0 | Easter eggs, M&S, of course. I mean the new Chok Marks egg, with salted pretzel pieces and |
| 0:06.2 | honey almond new guy is pretty spectacular. And what about the big daddy loaded half egg filled with |
| 0:11.9 | caramel and peanut chunks and dark chocolate pieces or the Swiss chocolate crispy cloud egg |
| 0:18.4 | with crunchy corn flakes, salted caramel and almond. |
| 0:21.7 | Yes, please. |
| 0:22.8 | So, if you're looking for amazing eggs, it's got to be M&S. |
| 0:26.3 | This is not just food. |
| 0:27.6 | This is M&S food. |
| 0:29.2 | Selected stores. |
| 0:30.2 | You know, when Helen used to get home from work, I'd ask, how are you? |
| 0:34.4 | Fine, she'd say. |
| 0:36.1 | She clearly wasn't. |
| 0:42.3 | After 10 years in IT, she was on autopilot. Then she found this job, training up-and-coming tech wizas at the college, same skills but with new people, new challenges. |
| 0:49.8 | Now when she gets back, I get the full debrief. Can't get a word in. |
| 0:55.0 | Give your skills new life. |
| 0:56.6 | Train others. |
| 0:57.7 | Search jobs in further education. |
| 1:00.6 | Hello, I'm Neil Patterson. |
| 1:02.3 | And welcome back to the Daily, where we're all getting a touch of general election fever. |
| 1:08.5 | Okay, first of all, do not panic. |
| 1:10.6 | I can hear Brenda from Bristol saying, you're joking. |
| 1:13.2 | Not another one? We do not yet have a date and it could potentially be as late as January |
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