How To Win An Election

Nigel Farage's former adviser Gawain Towler joins the political masterminds to discuss how to be an insurgent force in politics. They look back at how UKIP finally made a break-through at Westminster ...

11 Feb 202538min

This week the political masterminds (and Hugo) are joined by Theo Bertram, who worked in Downing Street for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.After a new book by Times journalists Patrick Maguire and Gabrie...

4 Feb 202538min

How much time in Number 10 is devoted to getting on with the business of government, and how much to thinking about winning the next election?Sally Morgan, one of Tony Blair's closest advisers, joins ...

28 Jan 202541min

Keir Starmer is on a charm offensive with Donald Trump - does it give Labour's opponents an electoral advantage?The political masterminds (and Hugo) are joined by US pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson t...

21 Jan 202540min

With Reform closing in on Labour in the polls and questions being asked about the chancellor's political survival, how can the government get on with the day job of changing the country?The political ...

14 Jan 202541min

The political masterminds (and Hugo) say farewell to Peter before he heads to Washington as the UK's ambassador to the United States. Has he packed his wellies, and could there be another comeback aro...

7 Jan 202542min

Peter, Polly and Danny are answering your questions this week. When has politics ruined their Christmas - or in Polly's case, a hen do? Will there be a realignment on the left to threaten Keir Starmer...

17 Dec 202447min

Nigel Farage's Reform UK is on a roll, but can the political masterminds see a time when he breaks the traditional two-party system? How would they advise Labour and the Tories to deal with the threat...

10 Dec 202441min