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100 Days of Starmer: the verdict

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Today marks Labour’s 100th day in office. But they are unlikely to be popping champagne corks in Downing Street – even if Lord Alli offered to pay for the Dom Pérignon. This has been a disheartening time for the government and those who wished it well. The promise of dramatic change has been overshadowed by a series of errors, misjudgments and scandals that one would associate more with an administration in its dying days than a government enjoying a fresh mandate, a massive majority and an absent opposition.

Former shadow culture secretary Thangam Debbonaire and former deputy prime minister Thérèse Coffey join The Spectator’s Katy Balls to discuss what went wrong and – if we think hard enough – what went right? 

Produced by Natasha Feroze and Oscar Edmondson. 

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