In The Room | Inside Downing Street when war breaks out | In The Room

After last week’s crushing byelection defeat, Keir Starmer may be hoping for a quiet week to rebalance. Instead he faced a new war.

In this episode, former special adviser Cleo Watson and former deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara reveal the reality of Number 10 on a war footing. How can we best manage the ‘Special Relationship’ with the USA? What are COBR meetings like where the ‘boys club’ mentality is poised to take over? So how do you manage the country while all this is happening?

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