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00:40:23

Fixing Sue Gray’s S*** List

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2024/09/06

Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Sue Gray identified before the election all of the most pressing issues for a new government's bulging in-tray in her infamous ‘s*** list’, so this week two more members of the 2024 intake of MPs; Lewis Cocking, the new Tory member for Broxbourne, and a former leader of the local council, and Tim Roca, Labour MP for Macclesfield, who has worked in the university sector, as well as local government, along with Ian Acheson, a former prison governor and government

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00:39:54

What Will The New Lib Dems Do?

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2024/08/30

Continuing our series introducing the political class of 2024 by profiling new MPs, this week we have Caroline Voaden, who last month was elected as the new Liberal Democrat MP for South Devon. A former journalist and MEP, she speaks to Alain Tolhurst about how she got involved in politics, winning her the seat for the Lib Dems as they swept the so-called ‘blue wall’, Ed Davey’s campaign antics, what’s it like in those first few weeks in Parliament, and what she hopes to achieve in her time on the

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00:38:54

The Tory next generation

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2024/08/23

Continuing our series introducing the political class of 2024 by profiling new MPs to look out for, this week we have Joe Robertson, the Conservative MP for the new Isle of Wight East seat. In a historically bad night for his party Joe was one of 26 new Tories to enter the Commons, so he discusses with Alain Tolhurst what it was like winning his seat as so many others lost theirs, how the party is rebuilding in opposition, how he’s found the first few weeks as a parliamentarian and what he hopes to

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00:39:18

Meet The Man Who Ousted Liz Truss

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2024/08/16

Terry Jermy, the new Labour MP for South West Norfolk, who in a night of massive shocks on election night, delivered probably the biggest by unseating the former Prime Minister Liz Truss. One of the final constituencies to be called, Truss - who had a majority of more than 26,000 - was ousted by 38-year-old Jermy from the seat she had held since 2010. He reveals to Alain Tolhurst the inside story of how he did it, what it’s like to be the man who defeated Liz Truss, how he’s finding life in the

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00:33:57

How can we stop the riots?

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2024/08/09

After widespread unrest took over the country after the tragic stabbings in Southport last week, Alain Tolhurst looks at what is behind the current riots, how to stop them from happening again, and what can be done to put communities divided by extremism and racism back together again. Joining him Chris Webb, Labour MP for Blackpool South, one of the areas marred by violence, Sunder Katwala, director of think tank British Future, Prof Matthew Feldman, a specialist on right-wing extremism at the

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00:58:41

Who can put the Tories back together?

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2024/08/02

As the race to replace Rishi Sunak hots up, Alain Tolhurst speaks to guests representing each of the six candidates who have thrown their hat into the ring to be the next Tory leader. First up are the MPs Saqib Bhatti, who is backing the former Home Secretary Priti Patel, and Mark Garnier, one of those supporting Mel Stride’s leadership bid, as well as Simon Fell, the former Barrow MP, and James Cleverly supporter. Then later we hear from Andrew Bowie, who is supporting favourite Kemi Badenoch,

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00:38:29

Labour’s EU ‘reset’ underway

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2024/07/25

After Keir Starmer hosted the European Political Summit last week guests Jill Rutter, senior research fellow at the think tank UK In A Changing Europe, and Raoul Ruparel, former special adviser to Theresa May on Europe and Spad at the Department for Exiting the European Union, join Alain Tolhurst and Adam Payne from PoliticsHome to discuss Labour’s attempts to reset relations with the European Union now they’re in government, what their strategic aims are, what practically might be achievable, and

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00:47:40

Labour's first 100 days in power

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2024/07/18

After the first King’s Speech under a Labour government for 15 years, a host of policy experts joins Alain Tolhurst to look at what the first 100 days of a Keir Starmer administration will look like, after the new Prime Minister said his plan for government would "take the brakes off Britain" and put the country on the "path of national renewal". Joining the pod are Harry Quilter-Pinner, interim exec director at think tank IPPR, Ryan Wain, executive director for politics at the

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00:40:13

Beginners Guide To Being An MP

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2024/07/11

After last week’s extraordinary election result, this week has seen hundreds of new MPs and their staff descend on Westminster, but what’s it like entering Parliament for the first time? Alain Tolhurst is joined by Dan Tomlinson, elected last week as the new MP for Chipping Barnet, along with one of his Labour colleagues Sarah Owen, her senior parliamentary researcher Jenny Symmons, who is also head of the GMB trade union committee branch in Westminster, and Ellie Varley, head of communications for

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00:39:38

Emergency election special - Labour landslide unpicked

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2024/07/05

In a General Election special recorded just as the final results rolled in on Friday morning, the PoliticsHome team of Alain Tolhurst, Caitlin Doherty and Tom Scotson dissects a historic victory for the Labour party, after an extraordinary night saw Keir Starmer swept to power on an enormous majority, and the 14 years of Tory government ebbed away as Rishi Sunak exited Downing Street after the Conservatives suffered their worst defeat in their history. We also hear for the final time from our

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01:01:50

Sunak goes down swinging

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2024/06/28

As the election race enters the final stretch PolHome’s editor Adam Payne and political and digital consultant Laura Dunn join host Alain Tolhurst to look at the final leaders’ debate, after Rishi Sunak came out swinging Wednesday night, what we can expect from the last week of campaigning before polling day, the latest on gambling-gate, as well as speaking to reporter Caitlin Doherty on the campaign trail in Devon. Later Alex Thomas from the Institute for Government, Sienna Rogers from The House

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01:18:10

Two weeks to total Tory wipeout?

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2024/06/20

With two weeks of the campaign to go Scarlett Maguire, director at pollsters JL Partners, Andrew Roe-Crines, Senior Lecturer in British Politics at Liverpool University, and Philip Catney, senior politics lecturer at Keele University, look at what a crushing new series of polls means for Rishi Sunak, and the role Reform UK are playing in a potential Tory wipeout. Dr Hannah Bunting, lecturer in Quantitative British Politics at Exeter University comes on to discuss with PolHome reporter Zoe Crowther

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01:01:16

Three weeks left to go

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2024/06/13

As attention switches to party manifestos this week three people first-hand experience of writing them; Rachel Wolf, who co-wrote the Tory 2019 manifesto, Marc Stears, part of the team who wrote Labour’s 2015 manifesto, and Lord Richard Newby, who wrote the Lib Dems’ in 2017 and chaired this year’s one too, talk about how the documents come together, as well as their impact on campaigns. Also on is PolHome editor Adam Payne and former Conservative special advisor Fred de Fossard to discuss if three

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00:53:18

Farage and a taxing debate

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2024/06/07

The second week of the election campaign has been dominated by Nigel Farage’s decision to stand to be an MP and the fallout from the first leaders debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer. Alain Tolhurst is joined by elections experts Rob Ford and Paula Surridge along with PolHome editor Adam Payne to talk about this week’s polling, then PolHome reporters Tom Scotson and Caitlin Doherty dial in from the campaign trail, while Paul Harrison, former Downing Street press secretary, and Andrew Fisher,

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00:53:04

Whips' secrets || On the campaign trail

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2024/05/31

PoliticsHome editor Adam Payne and reporter Nadine Batchelor-Hunt take stock of the first week of the general election campaign, plus broadcaster and former MP Gyles Brandreth and journalist Seb Whale join Alain Tolhurst to discuss their books on the secrets of the Whips' Office.Sign up to The House's new Friday newsletter from Sienna Rogers rounding up the best of the week’s election campaigns here. Gyles Brandreth’s republished memoir Breaking the Code is available here. Pre-order Seb

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00:36:15

MPs bid farewell

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2024/05/24

Conservative MPs Stephen Hammond and Henry Smith, both of whom have decided not to run for their seats again at the general election, reflect on why they have called it quits on the Commons, and offer some advice for candidates vying to replace them.Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

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00:39:10

Why be an MP?

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2024/05/17

Michael Crick, who runs the @tomorrowsMPs Twitter and three prospective parliamentary candidates – Khobi Patterson-Vallis, Conservative candidate for Brighton; Josh Babarinde, Lib Dem candidate for Eastbourne; and Roz Savage, Lib Dems candidate for South Cotswolds, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to discuss the secretive process behind who gets to be an MP, and why anyone would want to take on the job. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura

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00:35:54

Local wipeout

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2024/05/10

Conservative MP Mark Garnier, director of research at Labour Together Christabel Cooper, and professor of politics at Queen Mary University Tim Bale join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst to assess the fallout from the local elections which saw huge losses for the Tories across England including the West Midlands mayoralty and a host of bellwether councils. Plus this week’s surprise defection from the Tories to Labour by the MP Natalie Elphicke. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton

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00:45:43

Why can’t Prime Ministers get things done?

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2024/05/03

Alex Thomas, programme director at the Institute for Government, Dr Michelle Clement, researcher in residence at Number 10, and Hugh Bennett, a former Downing Street special adviser, join Alain Tolhurst from PoliticsHome to talk about the problem at the centre of our politics, with Prime Ministers unable to deliver on their ambitions, and whether the three most powerful departments; Number 10, the Cabinet Office and the Treasury, are wrongly configured.Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick

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00:36:47

Will Rwanda work?

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2024/04/26

Conservative MP Robert Buckland and director of the Hansard Society Dr Ruth Fox join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Caitlin Doherty to discuss the passage of the government’s Safety of Rwanda Bill into law after a tortuous journey through parliament, and whether it will ultimately achieve Rishi Sunak’s pledge to ‘stop the boats’.

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