How To Bring In An Outsider, Tsar, Or GOAT
The political masterminds are joined by former Tory cabinet minister David Gauke, fresh from leading the sentencing review for Keir Starmer's government. When does bringing people into the big tent wo...
29 Maj 202539min
How To Perform A Giant U-Turn
Keir Starmer is changing course on the winter fuel allowance - where does it sit in the league table of political U-turns, and will it please anybody?The political masterminds also discuss the Conserv...
22 Maj 202540min
How… The Elections Were Won And Lost: Labour in 1992
We're kicking off a new series on the podcast, looking at how the biggest elections in recent history were won - and lost.We start with the Labour campaign in 1992, an election that has been mythologi...
15 Maj 20251h 8min
How To Save A Legacy Party
The Labour and Tory leaders are getting plenty of advice on how to see off the threat from Reform UK, the Lib Dems and the Green Party. Should they move to the right, the left, or double down on what ...
8 Maj 202542min
How To Win A Canadian Election
Canada has been to the polls, and the results are extraordinary - a huge swing in the polls helping the Liberals rise from the dead, opposition leaders losing their seats, and established parties redu...
1 Maj 202538min
How To (Prepare To) Lose An Election
With local elections in England on the way, the political masterminds are joined by former Tory adviser and Reform UK supporter Tim Montgomerie to discuss what to do when you know you’re heading for d...
24 Apr 202539min
How To Turn The Red Wall... Turquoise?
Nigel Farage is pitching for voters in the North and Midlands, promising to build what he calls a "turquoise wall". Will taking control of British Steel help persuade voters Labour is protecting its f...
17 Apr 202538min
How To Take On The Flabby State (With Michael Gove)
Danny's away, so Sally, Polly and Hugo are joined by former cabinet minister and politest man in politics, Michael Gove. What did he learn about Donald Trump's 'man cave' when he interviewed him the f...
10 Apr 202539min
