Is Labour finally a government in waiting?

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🗓️ 26 September 2022

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Summary

Anoosh Chakelian, Freddie Hayward and Rachel Wearmouth report from the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.

They discuss the remarkably upbeat mood among the party faithful, the headline policy announcements so far, and the alternative vision for the economy set out by the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, as the pound continues to plummet after Liz Truss’s tax-cutting frenzy.

Then in You Ask Us, they answer a listener’s question on the prospects of the party abandoning the first-past-the-post electoral system, after polls show a majority of the British public are in favour of change.

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0:00.0	The New Statesman.
0:08.0	Hi, I'm Anush.
0:10.0	I'm Freddie.
0:11.0	And I'm Rachel.
0:12.0	And on today's episode of The New Statesman Podcast,
0:14.0	we report from Labour Party Conference.
0:25.0	So here we are, huddles in yet another airless room
0:28.0	in Labour Conference.
0:29.0	I think it's the second day of conference really officially, isn't it?
0:32.0	What's the atmosphere been like for you, do you think?
0:35.0	Well, I remember the 2019 Labour Conference and that felt toxic,
0:40.0	I think, for a lot of the media, as well as for a lot of like labour activists
0:44.0	and I think the mood has very much changed last year a little.
0:47.0	But this year there's a marked change in just it feels more professionally run.
0:53.0	It feels like everyone's a bit nicer to each other.
0:57.0	Like there's a lot less division generally over issues and over figures in the party,
1:03.0	although there is still some division.
1:05.0	I'm not like pretending it's peace and happiness and sunshine and lollipops,
1:09.0	but it's a nicer atmosphere for sure.
1:11.0	Yeah, I find that when you go up to Labour MPs or Labour advisers,
1:16.0	even people in the leaders office as well,
1:18.0	they will kind of admit like when they used to say the mood is good,
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