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Are we in a “Hot Reform Summer”?
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Are we in a “Hot Reform Summer”?

The News Meeting · The Observer

August 4, 202534m 57s

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Show Notes

As the UK Parliament takes its summer break, has Reform seized the media spotlight and emerged as a viable third-party contender? What are the risks of uploading ID to age-restricted websites under the Online Safety Act? Will Trump impose his peace deal deadline on Russia if Putin refuses negotiations?


Rebecca Moore is joined by The New Statesman’s Associate Political Editor, Rachel Cunliffe. Plus the Observer’s Poppy Bullard and Patricia Clarke, as they battle it out and pitch the top stories of the day. 


Links to the team’s Must Reads and recommendations here: 

  • Gen lay-Z: Why my generation doesn't care about work - HERE 
  • One year on, tensions still circle Britain’s asylum-seeker hotels - HERE
  • Nathan For You (Season 4, Episode 8), Finding Frances. 
  • Trump’s relationship with Putin ‘at breaking point’ after Russia unleashes Kyiv blitz - 
  • HERE


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Host: Rebecca Moore, Executive Producer 


Producer: Casey Magloire 


Executive Producer: Matt Russell 


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