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 pre-smartphone era, when Tony Blair refused to use on...
26 Mars 39min
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 art of being on manoeuvres without being caught doi...
19 Mars 41min
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 discuss the new edition of their book Get In: The I...
14 Mars 19min
How The Mandelson Files Weigh On The PM
Sally, Polly, Danny and Hugo look at what the Mandelson files say about decision making in Keir Starmer's Downing Street. Is there a comparison with Boris Johnson's handling of the Chris Pincher scand...
12 Mars 40min
How Trump's War Is Upending British Politics
We're looking at the implications of the American-Israeli attacks on Iran for British politics - has the prime minister been constrained by a near-religious belief in international law, by cabinet div...
5 Mars 41min
How Labour's By-Election Hammering Damages Starmer
The Green Party crushes Labour at the Gorton and Denton by-election, knocking Keir Starmer's party into third place in one of their safest seats.The political masterminds discuss whether the prime min...
27 Feb 38min
How Government Responds To Andrew's Arrest
As we assembled the How To Win An Election team to talk about Robert Jenrick, Rupert Lowe and Danny's quest for the point of Ed Davey, news broke that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on s...
19 Feb 20min
How To Survive In The Number 10 Bunker
Keir Starmer has seen off the threat to his leadership - for now. What happens inside Downing Street when things get really, really bad for a prime minister?We also discuss whether the Labour Party wi...
12 Feb 41min
