One year of Labour government: Is mission-driven politics really happening? podcast<article class="text-token-text-primary w-full" dir="auto" data-testid="conversation-turn-8" data-scroll-anchor="true"><div class="text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)"><div class="[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden" tabindex="-1"><div class="group/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn"><div class="relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3"><div class="flex max-w-full flex-col grow"><div class="min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&]:mt-5" data-message-author-role="assistant" data-message-id="03e37e06-66d3-4aef-942d-d900469b56d7" dir="auto" data-message-model-slug="gpt-4o"><div class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]"><div class="markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark"><p data-start="0" data-end="161" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">One year into Labour’s government, we assess whether its mission-driven approach has changed how it governs and what progress has been made.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article>18 July 2025
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