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Why Starmer Will Survive The Local Elections | Former Downing Street Director of Comms
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10:50Now Playing“The Great British public are not going to warm to a party who want to leave Nato, surrender our nuclear deterrent and presumably hypnotise Vladimir Putin to do the same.”
The Green Party’s Gorton & Denton by-election win does not spell doom for the prime minister as the Greens manifesto will come under scrutiny as we approach local elections in May, says former Downing Street director of communications James Lyons.
James Lyons was speaking to Chloe Tilley and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every day 6-10am.
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