# 178: PAUL FOOT 2026: HARD LABOUR

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Podcast: [Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/page-94-the-private-eye-podcast-742104)
Published: 2026-05-28T00:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

Peter Geoghegan and Khadija Sharife uncovered how Labour Together - the think-tank which helped make Keir Starmer PM - had hired a PR firm to try and discredit journalists asking them questions about their funding.

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