Election 2024: The Conservatives have fallen apart | Andrew Marr | The New Statesman

National Service for 18-year-olds, the Conservatives appeal to pensioners, Labour wins the backing of business – a review of the first weekend of general election season.

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"I don't think there has ever been any period in the past when the governing party has gone into a general election and fallen apart in so many directions, so visibly." – Andrew Marr

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Hannah Barnes, associate editor, is joined by Andrew Marr, political editor, and Freddie Hayward, political correspondent, to discuss the developments over the busy bank holiday weekend: National Service, Triple Lock Plus, 'Sleepy Keir', and the unravelling of the Conservative party.

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