Keir Starmer's fight with "reckless" striking doctors. And Labour's Zack Polanski problem

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  Welcome to The State of It, the podcast where we lift the veil and take you inside the corridors of power.

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  It is recess at the moment, so the corridors of power are slightly less busy than they might ordinarily be,

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  and so too is the studio.

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  But we have a once-in-a-generation event here before us today in the form of two Sunday Times journalists who are in work

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  and being quite productive on a Tuesday.

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  And I'm very fortunate today to be joined by our new deputy political editor, Lara Spirit.

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  How are you, Lara?

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  Hi, Gabriel.

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  I'm well.

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  How are you?

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  I'm very well.

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  You're quite a seasoned broadcaster, but this is your very first episode.

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  It is my first episode.

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  It's my first time in this wonderful studio.

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  Yeah.

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  And I've gone from being a great fan when I was in Washington of listening to all of you every week to sitting here.

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  So it's great.

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  In this week's edition, we've got scoop after scoop.

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  We've got an exclusive on the government's negotiations with the BMA.

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  We've got some words from the Green Party leader on his attempts to cannibalise the Labour Party.

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