{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/69613fe9b2f959184259299f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Blue Labour is splitting the party","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/1767980832736-3da777e9-35f7-41d2-a860-0649f1543cc8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Labour is splitting.</p><p><br></p><p>Earlier this week we reported that the government is now THIRD in the opinion polls behind Reform and the Tories.</p><p><br></p><p>Now, as they barrel inexorably towards testing local elections in May, rifts are emerging within the Labour party.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This week, Preet Kaur Gill – a personal private secretary to Home Secretary Shabhana Mahmood – announced in the Telegraph, of all places, that she (Preet Kaur Gill) is “Blue Labour”.</p><p><br></p><p>The intervention sparked fierce debate among MPs, with divisions down ideological lines.</p><p><br></p><p>Can the party hold it together?</p><p><br></p><p>Oli Dugmore is joined by Ethan Croft, who has been speaking to Labour MPs this week, and Megan Kenyon. </p><p><br></p><p>LISTEN NEXT: <a href=\"https://pod.fo/e/37404c\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">It's official – Labour are in third place </a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}