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Lucy Powell: What most people wanted to know was not what we thought about other political parties, but what were we doing? What were…

On the recordAugust 2, 2026
What most people wanted to know was not what we thought about other political parties, but what were we doing? What were we about?
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Lucy Powell
Labour Party

Editor's note · Context

Critiquing Labour's focus on opposition parties.

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