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May 2021
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Labour Pains (with Khalid Mahmood MP)

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Labour needs a rethink and to reconnect with its core voters, according to an MP who stood down from the shadow cabinet saying the party was dominated by a a London-based bourgeoisie.

Khalid Mahmood, Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Barr tells Bloomberg Westminster's Caroline Hepker and Roger Hearing it's time to talk about the issues that interest the voters in places like Perry Barr.

Plus Sian Griffiths, Emeritus Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and formerly Chair of the Hong Kong government's inquiry into SARS joins to discuss the effectiveness of the vaccines against the latest strains of Covid-19.

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