30/09/2010

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Duration: 1 hour

David Dimbleby chairs from Manchester, scene of the Labour Party conference. Conservative MP Grant Shapps; Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes; Labour leadership contender Diane Abbott; historian David Starkey; and the Hollywood actor Brian Cox are on the panel.

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Chapters

7 items

  • Introduction

    David Dimbleby introduces the panel in Manchester.

  • Ed Miliband and the unions

    Has Labour shown that it is back in the pocket of the unions having elected Ed Miliband as leader?

  • Ed Miliband as Labour leader

    Is Ed Miliband the Labour Party's Iain Duncan Smith?

  • Ed Miliband and the Tories

    Is it manna from heaven for the Tories that Labour are now led by a Jewish, atheist, unmarried father with left of centre leanings?

  • Spending cuts

    Does the IMF's approval of George Osborne's deficit reduction plans mean that Ed Miliband has already lost the argument over spending cuts?

  • Defence

    Should the UK and France share a nuclear deterrent?

  • End comments and credits

    David Dimbleby gives details of next week's programme.

Credits

Series Editor
Edward Havard
Presenter
David Dimbleby
Participant
Grant Shapps
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Simon Hughes
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Diane Abbott
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David Starkey
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Brian Cox
Executive Producer
Steve Anderson

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