The cheers in the room at Sir Keir Starmer’s make-or-break speech in central London were not reflected by sentiments outside it, political editor David Maddox reports
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The cheers in the room at Sir Keir Starmer’s make-or-break speech in central London were not reflected by sentiments outside it, political editor David Maddox reports
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