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Oct 2024
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100 days of Starmer: What makes a good P...

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Keir Starmer has been prime minister for 100 days. It's the point in any premiership that's considered a measure of how a new leader is performing, ever since the days of Franklin D Roosevelt. So how is Starmer doing compared to his predecessors? Two authors of multiple biographies of former PMs - William Hague and historian and author Sir Anthony Seldon - discuss.


This episode was recorded live at the Cheltenham Literature Festival.


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Host: William Hague, Times columnist and former leader of the Conservative Party.

Guest: Sir Anthony Seldon.

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