We read the papers so you don’t have to. Today: Dartbroken! Luke Littler’s incredible Ally Pally run comes to an end and the papers will never recover. New Year, New Keir. Can Starmer get the press onside? Plus – Spa Wars. The papers react as Captain Tom’s memorial health farm faces demolition. 

Alex von Tunzelmann is joined by journalist Rob Hutton of the Critic and comedian Fin Taylor.

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