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Sep 2023
24m 7s

Will The Rishi Rebrand Work?

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Can the PM win over voters as the ‘change candidate’?

Laura and Paddy discuss.

And Newscasters have been getting in touch about 'State of Chaos’ - Laura’s show about the political turmoil in the May/Johnson/Truss years. She answers some of them, and talks about what putting the programme together was like.

You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere

Today’s Newscast was presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O'Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Arsenii Sokolov. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

00:00 Will the Rishi Rebrand work? 13:59 State of Chaos: Your questions answered

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