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The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn

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The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer

Brought to you by Penguin. 
 
The explosive, behind-the-scenes account of Labour, from electoral wipe-out in 2019 to its landslide return to government in 2024, by the authors of Left Out 
 
Drawing on their unrivalled access throughout the Labour party, the Times and Sunday Times investigative duo behind Left Out now present the inside story of Labour’s transformation and general election under Starmer. 
 
This is the definitive telling of a momentous time for the party, focusing on Starmer's relentless and single-minded pursuit of power and on the hidden turmoil as he expunged opponents and attempted to unite his party in the face of searingly divisive events. 
 
Richly peopled with all of the major figures of Labour present and past, and revealing who actually wields power in the party today, this is a must-read, warts-and-all picture of how Labour was ruthlessly transformed, how Starmer won Number 10 and who Britain's government really is. 
 
© Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

Patrick Maguire (Author) 
Patrick Maguire is a political columnist for The Times and senior political correspondent for Times Radio. He is a regular commentator on Labour politics for TV and radio and won the 2016 Anthony Howard Award for Young Journalists. 
 
Gabriel Pogrund (Author) 
Gabriel Pogrund is Whitehall Editor at the Sunday Times, where he covers politics and investigations. He won Journalist of the Year at the British Journalism Awards (2023), Scoop of the Year at the London Press Club Awards (2022), Anti-Corruption Journalist of the Year (2021) and has been shortlisted for the Paul Foot Award (2022 and 2023). He was 2018 Laurence Stern Fellow at the Washington Post and 2017 Young Journalist of the Year.

The explosive, definitive, behind-the-scenes account of Labour and its general election in 2024, from the authors of Left Out 
 
Drawing on their unrivalled access throughout the Labour party, the Times and Sunday Times investigative duo behind Left Out now present the explosive inside story of Labour’s transformation and general election under Starmer. 
 
This is the definitive telling of a momentous time for the party: either their election as the first Labour government since the Blair/Brown era, or a catastrophic mishandling of a huge lead in the opinion polls. Either way, the story centres on Starmer's relentless and single-minded pursuit of power, and on the inevitable turmoil and carnage as he expunges opponents and attempts to unite his party in the face of searingly divisive events. 
 
Richly peopled with all of the major figures of Labour present and past, as well as with those pulling strings behind the scenes, this will ultimately be a must-read, warts-and-all picture of the new British government - or it will be the dramatic story of one of the most spectacular car-crashes in Labour’s history and in contemporary British politics.

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