“A KNIFE THROUGH MY SOUL"... pod special on Morgan McSweeney

About this episode

The episode discusses Morgan McSweeney's testimony regarding the Labour government and speculates on the potential outcomes of upcoming local elections.

Hot from the two-and-a-half hours of select committee evidence, the Matts digest the evidence of Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney and his role in the Peter Mandelson affair. It was engrossing testimony - giving a rare insight into how this Labour government operates (and which probably explains why they are in a state of permacrisis). In part two the Matts play out a few scenarios on the assumption that Labour lose big in the local elections next week… and there are reasons to be hopeful. Enjoy! Produced by Matt Withers OFFER:  Get  The New World  for just £1 for the first month. Head to  https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/2matts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Matt Withers

Guest: Morgan McSweeney

Topics covered

• politics
• Labour government
• local elections
• evidence testimony
• permacrisis
• government operations

Keywords

• Morgan McSweeney
• Keir Starmer
• Peter Mandelson
• Labour
• local elections
• politics
• government

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Organizations: Labour, Acast

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