Why is Labour trying to copy Reform?

Oh God, What Now?

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Politics, Government, News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Labour’s ‘crackdown’ on illegal workers was an obvious ploy to tame Reform UK’s growing influence. But will Starmer’s Labour alienate its own supporters just to chase voters who’ll always hate them? Plus, only one in five Brits approve of the government’s handling of crime. Will Labour turn that around with the PM’s experience of the justice system? Are the police even fit for purpose? Former Met Police commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe joins the podcast. And in the Extra Bit for Patreons… After James Graham’s TV drama Brian and Maggie, we look at the art of the political interview. We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow • Join our free live Zoom when you back us on Patreon. You’ll get ad-free listening and much, much more. Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Matt Green and Zoë Grünewald. Producer: Chris Jones Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:26.9	Music Welcome to Oh God What Now.
1:35.3	On today's show, the government wants to spike reforms guns by going all out on illegal immigration, but is it simply doing reforms work for them?
1:43.3	Plus, according to YouGov data, only one in five Britons thinks the government is doing a good
1:47.2	job on crime.
1:48.4	Former Met Police Chief Bernard Hogan Howe joins us to discuss what Labor is doing about it.
1:52.9	And in the extra bit for supporters, following Channel 4's dramatisation of Brian Weldon's
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