Midweek update: the final campaign days
Boris Johnson endured some of the most difficult days of the campaign to date, as he struggled to deal with an NHS crisis in Leeds. Will it knock him off course? Plus, we discuss Jonathan Ashworth's l...
11 Dec 201915min
Election week four: Boris Johnson dodges the BBC, Labour’s minority government plans, more reports from the stump
The last full week of the UK’s election campaign was dominated by Boris Johnson’s failure to turn up to an interview with Andrew Neil, yet another anti-Semitism row in Labour and the Brexit party desc...
7 Dec 201936min
Midweek update: Conservative nervousness
As the campaign enters the final week, the Conservative party is eager to ensure its lead is not knocked off course. Prime Minister Boris Johnson must hope US president Donald Trump does not destabili...
4 Dec 201918min
Election week three: trouble for Labour, the big poll and tales from the stump
The UK's general election continued as the opposition Labour party struggled with anti-Semitism and its economic platform. A major new poll suggested the Conservatives are on course for a comfortable ...
30 Nov 201932min
Midweek update: Labour enters choppy waters on racism and economics
An unprecedented intervention from the UK’s chief rabbi has knocked Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign off course. A disastrous BBC interview also raised questions about his party’s economic credibility. Can th...
27 Nov 201919min
Week two of the election - Labour's radical manifesto and on the road in marginal seats
The second week saw Labour propose sweeping tax and spend changes, the Liberal Democrats struggle to make an impact and the inconclusive first TV leadership debate. We discuss whether the sums made pu...
23 Nov 201930min
Midweek update: First TV debate, Lib Dem and Labour manifestos
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn survived their first head-to-head encounter but neither candidate to be prime minister scored major points or made much headway. Plus, we discuss the manifestos from th...
20 Nov 201922min
First week of the election, Labour's big broadband pledge
The first week of campaigning is over, but none of the parties have made much progress. Boris Johnson struggled with the floods, Nigel Farage tied himself in knots on where to stand candidates, Jo Swi...
16 Nov 201934min
