The Weeks Update: Talking woes for the Labour party and controversy in the mayoral race with Angela Mason & John Weeks

  • Home
  • /
  • Podcasts
  • /
  • The Weeks Update: Talking woes for the Labour party and controversy in the mayoral race with Angela Mason & John Weeks - 03 May 16
Juliette Foster

The Weeks Update: Talking woes for the Labour party and controversy in the mayoral race with Angela Mason & John Weeks

Juliette Foster
Original Broadcast:

The Weeks Update on

The Weeks Update: Talking woes for the Labour party and controversy in the mayoral race with Angela Mason & John Weeks
With the local elections just two days away the Labour party could be on track to suffer one of its worst results in opposition for 34 years....according to one of the country's leading polling experts. Professor John Curtice of Strathclyde University believes Labour could lose 170 councillors and control of key local authorities like Redditch and Crawley. It's the latest run of bad news for a party still reeling from claims of anti-Semitism in its ranks. Labour's candidate for Mayor of London, Saddiq Khan, has even warned party leader Jeremy Corbyn that accusations of anti-Semitism will make it more difficult for him to beat his Conservative rival Zac Goldsmith. Could Mr Corbyn's days as leader be numbered, and what last minute actions can the party take to avoid a massacre at the polls? Councillor Angela Mason, Cabinet Member for Children at Camden Council, is in the studio along with Professor John Weeks, Share Radio's regular economics commentator.

Published:

Topics: UK (in Economics)

Strand: Investment Perspectives


Listen
View all podcasts