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Ep. 352: UK Election Fallout with John McTernan and David Feeney | Australia's Labor Podcast
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This episode of Socially Democratic discusses the UK local, Scottish, and Welsh election results, and what Labour's historic collapse means for social democracy.
Reform UK surged across England, Scotland, and Wales. Labour lost its 115-year dominance in Wales. And inside the Parliamentary Labour Party, calls for Keir Starmer to stand down are growing louder.
Host Stephen Donnelly is joined by two insiders who know British Labour politics intimately:
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ John McTernan, former senior advisor to Tony Blair and Former Director of Communications for Julia Gillard.
๐ฆ๐บ David Feeney, former federal MP and State Labor Campaign Director.
Together they unpack:
๐ณ๏ธ Why Labour still can't break through in Scotland, and what Reform's debut at Holyrood signals
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ What 115 years of Labour dominance in Wales falling apart actually means
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ How five-party politics and first-past-the-post are accelerating Labour's fragmentation in England
๐ฅ The rise of Nigel Farage โ political genius or far-right accelerant?
๐ช The Labour leadership race โ Andy Burnham, Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner, and who John thinks wins
๐ฌ What social democratic governments must do when the ground shifts beneath them
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