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Kate Devlin

Kate Devlin

Politics and Whitehall Editor at The Independent and Times Radio pundit; former chief political correspondent at The Times, from Northern Ireland.

Oct 27, 2026

40:25
How's he faring so far?
40:27
I think he and his team can be pretty pleased with how it's going.
40:31
They've had a lot to do in the first 100 days and they've managed to have bone and bones in the pools.
40:37
They've managed to see reform really plummet actually in the pools.
40:42
I mean, I guess there's lots of questions still about what policy and what he's actually going to do.
40:47
And it could be indeed that the rubber starts to hit the road tomorrow with the budget.
40:52
But I can tell you that it's going well enough that an awful lot of Labour MPs here in Westminster are slightly worried it might all go to his head and he might call a snap election maybe even before Christmas, but certainly next spring.
45:28
Now, that's sure to ruffle feathers here, and I presume in Westminster?

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