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Why Britain's Left is radicalising

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Tomorrow, the Greens announce their new leader, and one contender has been borrowing from the Farage playbook in his campaign. Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn's new populist party is getting hundreds of thousands of sign-ups since its launch. Are the days of gradualism - and our two-party system dominance - over?

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  • Aubrey Allegretti, Chief Political Correspondent, The Times.
  • Josh Glancy, Associate Editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Olivia Case.

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Photo: Getty Images.

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