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The Caerphilly by-election proves Reform can be beaten. But is Keir Starmer the man to do it?

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Voters in Caerphilly confounded pundits by electing their first Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd (MS). Reform UK had expected to be the party to overturn Labour's 100 year dominance in the Welsh seat - but they were wrong.

The loss was a disaster for Labour, but came with a glimmer of hope: Reform UK can be beaten.

Now the party needs to ask whether their current leader, Keir Starmer, is the man to do it.

Elsewhere, Wes Streeting has been praised for his response to comments by the Reform MP Sarah Pochin's comments about black and brown people in TV adverts. Are Streeting and other senior Labour figures vying for Starmer's job?

Harry Clarke-Ezzidio and George Eaton join Anoosh Chakelian on the New Statesman podcast.

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