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Aug 2024
1h 11m

New Kids on the Block

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• We’re LIVE at the Old Market Theatre, Hove on Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here.   Over half of the MPs elected in July’s Labour landslide are new to the Commons. Jim Murphy led the Scottish Labour Party and in 1997 he was propelled into Parliament for the first time, after winning the Tory stronghold of Eastwood. He joins the panel to discuss his experiences and w ... Show More
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