Outside Labour conference, everyone hates Keir Starmer
Left- and right-wing protesters can only agree on one thing: the Prime Minister is doing a bad job
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Chris Stone is the executive producer of podcasts and video at the New Statesman, and writes the Substack Podcast Strategy Weekly. He's previously run podcasts at the Evening Standard and the Telegraph, produced documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4 and has been making video on the internet since before YouTube existed. chris.stone@newstatesman.co.uk
Left- and right-wing protesters can only agree on one thing: the Prime Minister is doing a bad job
By Chris Stone

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