#43 - Labour - The Summer That Changed Everything

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#43 - Labour - The Summer That Changed Everything

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Dec 4, 2017

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In summer 2017, a fresh-faced socialist MP by the name of Jeremy Corbyn shocked the world by overcoming intra-party hostility to snatch away Theresa May's foreordained parliamentary majority. The BBC documentary LABOUR - THE SUMMER THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING winds up being both a chronicle of a surprising election and a meta-commentary on the media's role in politics.

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Dec 4, 2017

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