David and Helen catch up on the state of British politics, from Blair’s advice to the Labour party on its 120th birthday to growing divisions in Johnson’s Tory party. Is there really a liberal progressive coalition in Britain? Can Brexit deliver both free trade and levelling up? And what does Cummings really want?

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