“It looks utterly powerless which is the worst thing for Downing Street to be.”
May 26, 2026
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0:31“I’m booking my place in the cabinet if I lose, and if I win, brilliant.”
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as posted by the channelEd and George consider whether Keir Starmer could secure a better place in history if he took better control of the agenda.
On the Political Currency podcast, Ed Balls and George Osborne take us behind closed doors into the rooms where decisions are made. Having battled it out across the despatch box, the former Chancellor and shadow chancellor now meet in the studio to discuss the decisions that affect the nation’s pockets.
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