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Emergency Episode: How Long Can Starmer Cling On?
Sally Morgan, Polly Mackenzie, Danny Finkelstein (and Hugo) explain what's behind a chaotic day at Westminster - where Keir Starmer vows to carry on,…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
How Labour Suffered An Historic Defeat
Labour has taken a hammering at elections in England, Scotland and Wales, with Nigel Farage calling it an ‘historic shift in British politics’ - does…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
How The Elections Could Be Existential for Labour
Ahead of the local elections in England and parliamentary elections in Scotland and Wales, the political masterminds ask: just how bad can it get for…
5 months ago
How To Decide When (And If) The PM Will Be Challenged
As regular listeners know, Danny likes to say there is a market failure in political coups - but does Keir Starmer's handling of the Peter Mandelson …
5 months, 1 week ago
How To Defeat The Populists
In the wake of Viktor Orbán's election defeat in Hungary, can we draw conclusions about the limits of populism - and the chances of a recovery by the…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
How To Sell Starmer The Statesman
The prime minister is trying to appeal to voters ahead of May's elections by talking about conflict overseas - can branding him as a global statesman…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
How The Energy Shock Helps Starmer Survive
There's an arms race under way as the parties make competing offers to help with the rising cost of living. Is anyone cutting through to the voters?
A…
6 months ago
How To Shut Down A Political Conspiracy
Sally, Polly, Danny and Hugo discuss the conspiracies swirling around the theft of Morgan McSweeney's mobile phone. How did government work in the pr…
6 months, 1 week ago
How To Run A Shadow Leadership Campaign
Angela Rayner has fired the opening shot in the leadership race to succeed Keir Starmer, warning that Labour is 'running out of time'.
We discuss the …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
How Starmer Became The Passive Prime Minister
In this special crossover episode with our colleagues at the Times podcast The State Of It, Hugo is joined by Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund to …
6 months, 2 weeks ago