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You Ask Us: Is Starmer haunted by Blair, and how do you raise voter turnout?

You Ask Us: Is Starmer haunted by Blair, and how do you raise voter turnout?

Daily Politics from the New Statesman · The New Statesman

August 11, 202315m 1s

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Show Notes

Labour’s dominance in the polls draws obvious comparisons with 1997-era New Labour. But is it fair to compare Keir Starmer with Tony Blair – and what should the current Labour leader learn from his predecessor? Anoosh and Freddie tackle a listener’s question.


Also – how do we incentivise voter turn out? One listener has a novel idea. Could it work?


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