Are Labour on the verge of a wipeout? | UK Politics | Political Currency

One week out from polling day and the fortunes for the main two parties seems grim. What can Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch do to right the ship of impending defeat? Is a Labour leadership election inevitable? Or are the candidates too scared to stick the knife in and grab the crown?

All of this is off the back of the King’s visit to the US and the Mandelson scandal raging on. Will the UK feel any positive impact of the King’s visit? Or was it all ceremonial? As for Mandelson, with Commons votes and select committee appearances this issue is not going away for Starmer, whether he likes it or not. Just how weak is the PM? And can he survive this?

Finally, the pair return to assisted dying to assess why the bill failed and what campaigners can do to revive it. Is it a long game? Or must they strike while the iron is hot? How does it compare to radical changes like abortion and gay marriage? Will parties commit to it in their next manifesto?

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