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Jul 2023
43m 10s

How To Start A New Political Party

THE TIMES
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More than one hundred new political parties have already been registered this year, but what does it take to create one that goes the distance? Kate McCann is in for Matt, and speaks to former First Minister Alex Salmond, the Rubbish Party's Sally Cogley, and Maia Thomas, spokesperson for the Transform party, to find out.


Plus: Columnists India Knight and James Marriott discuss 'global boiling', politicians on holidays, whether films should be shorter, and delighting in others' relationship woes.


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