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Quite right!: should Rachel Reeves go?

Quite right!: should Rachel Reeves go?

Best of the Spectator · The Spectator

December 3, 202520m 42s

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<p>This week: Rachel Reeves reels as Labour’s Budget unravels – and a far-left <em>Life of Brian</em> sequel plays out in Liverpool.</p><p>After a bruising seven days for the Chancellor, Michael and Maddie ask whether Reeves’s position is now beyond repair. Did Keir Starmer’s bizarre nursery press conference steady the ship – or simply confirm that the government is panicking? And is the resignation of the OBR chair a shield for Reeves – or a damning contrast with her refusal to budge?</p><p>Then: the inaugural conference of Your Party delivers pure comic gold. As Zarah Sultana’s collective-leadership utopians clash with Corbynite diehards and Islamist independents, Michael explains why the far left’s civil war matters more than Westminster thinks. Could independents erode Labour’s urban base? And with Jeremy Corbyn now looking like the centrist dad of the movement, what does this chaos tell us about the future of the British left?</p><p>And finally: Christmas is coming. Maddie and Michael share their rules for 'sound' gift-giving and give their book recommendations.</p><p>Produced by Oscar Edmondson.</p><p>To submit your urgent questions to Michael and Maddie, go to spectator.co.uk/quiteright</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>