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Taming The Beast - Labour and the media
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Taming The Beast - Labour and the media

How should Labour engage the media environment before and after a general election and is the party's media strategy creating enough room to govern ‘big’ if they win?
The Power Test
Nov 02, 2023
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Sam and Ayesha are joined by former No 10 communications adviser Tim Allan and former Today programme editor Sarah Sands for a discussion about how Labour engages the media environment before and after a general election. Is the party's media strategy creating enough room to govern ‘big’ if they win? And just what did Dominic Cummings used to call Sam?

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