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England’s first five-party election?

5/1/202628 min

Could Thursday’s local elections herald the end of two party politics in England? Labour are expected to lose heavily to parties on the left and right. So how bad would it need to be for the party to replace the prime minister?

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Guests: 

  • Joe Twyman, co-founder and director, DeltaPoll
  • Lara Spirit, deputy political editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones. 

Producers: Micaela Arneson. 

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Read more: Angela Rayner weighs leadership challenge after local elections

Further listening: ‘The punishment election’: Is Labour facing a bloodbath in Wales? 

Clip: Daily Express. 

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Clips

The 1,500-seat meltdown threshold
How Starmer could be pushed out
Starmer’s choices blamed by MPs
Greens’ London surge, with baggage
Britain’s two-party era in crisis
Conservatives’ narrow silver lining
Why local polling is hard
When canvassers quote my own data

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First 90 seconds

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  5. Luke Jones· Host0:59

    [instrumental music] From The Times and The Sunday Times, this is The Story. I'm Luke Jones. [suspenseful music] It was almost two years ago that in the Commons Chamber, new Prime Minister Keir Starmer enjoyed his first hurrah.

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