Labour's loss will be Corbyn's fault; Damilola Taylor's legacy; & Victorian gasholders redesigned.

If you’re a big supporter of Labour winning the Christmas election then buckle up as it really isn’t looking too good for them. According to a survey based on YouGov polling they are headed towards a huge defeat. Things might change if there is a late surge in voter registration but so far so it looks as though they are set to lose both Kensington in London, Dagenham and Rainham which have been a big supporter of Labour for decades.

It’s not that the public are enthusiastic about Boris Johnson and The Conservatives or that they aren’t looking for change. It is simply that they do not like or trust Jeremy Corbyn.

The Leader podcast have spoken to The Evening Standard’s Londoner editor Ayesha Hazarika.

It’s been 19 years since 10 year old Damilola Taylor was stabbed to death on his way home from a library in Peckham. Despite years of campaigning to tackle youth crime, his father Richard Herring told the Evening Standard that society has now become “normalised” to it. The Evening Standard’s Crime Correspondent Anthony France spoke to Richard about what they are doing as a family to continue Damilola’s legacy, supporting the Violence Reduction Unit in London and plans to support trainee doctors.

Huge Victorian gas holders were once gleaming iron towers dotted around the city. Now they look to shape London’s skyline long after anyone can remember why they were built in the first place. One on the Old Kent Road is to be kept as the centre of a new housing development and The Leader podcast spoke to The Evening Standard’s Jonathan Prynn about what’s so special about this gas holder.

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Thanks for listening to the leader you can subscribe and rate from your favorite podcast provider. Now from the Evening Standard in London, this is the leader for

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Hi I'm David Marsland Labour is in trouble and Jeremy Corbyn is the reason why

AYESHA HAZARIKA:

I've spoken to three Labour MPs this morning from all across the country. And they're dismayed but not surprised by that poll.

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The standard’s Ayesha Hazarika explains the parties new election strategy as a major poll shows the Tories winning with a big majority

also,

ANTHONY FRANCE:

every time he hears about a youngster being stabbed to death in London, you know, he feels it as if it's his own son.

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Our crime correspondent Anthony France has spoken to the father of Damilola Taylor, about the family's plans to support training doctors in his son's name

JONATHAN PRYNN:

and it's unusual and very large when it was created. In 1891, it was the largest gas holder

anywhere in the world.

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Jonathan Prynn speaks to us about London's love of Victorian gas houses with an iconic one at Old Kent road set to be...

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