Alex Andreou and Naomi Smith analyse the week's political news, including the results of the local and mayoral elections in England, the by-election in Runcorn, and the general election in Australia.

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“Labour need to start governing. They need to stop triangulating and start running the country. They are wasting the term they have been given, worrying about a second one. They can do a lot of good, if they stop being terrified of losing power in 2029 and start using the power they have in 2025.”

“Every single time I speak to officials in Brussels, they ask: ‘What does your government want, Naomi? We’re very open about what we would like to see from the reset. We still don’t know what you guys want.’ And if they don’t know, then British voters sure-as-hell don’t know.”

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