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In this recording of a Chatham House event, Bronwen Maddox is joined by an expert panel on the morning of Labour's landslide win in the UK general election. Will Hutton, Anne McElvoy, James Heappey and Olivia O'Sullivan discuss the Conservatives' collapse, the new prime minister and his likely cabinet, and what the result means for the UK and its place in the world.
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Presented by Bronwen Maddox. Produced by John Pollock.
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