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Rachel Reeves Out of Her Depth and On the Freebie Take Again! In this video, Jon Gaunt dives deep into the latest political scandal involving Rachel Reeves, the Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer. As pressure mounts on the UK government to deliver a Spring Statement that satisfies both the markets and the Labour Party, Gaunty asks: Is Rachel Reeves really up to the task? Is she simply out of her depth in this high-stakes political environment? Jon also covers the breaking news that Rachel Reeves has been caught accepting freebies again — this time, tickets for Sabrina Carpenter. Why is she unable to buy her own tickets? It raises serious questions about her ability to lead and make tough decisions for the country. Looking back at last July, it's hard to believe that under Labour leadership, the government would be making decisions like cutting disability benefits, slashing overseas aid, reducing the civil service, tightening eligibility for the winter fuel allowance, and even raising National Insurance on employers. What's really going on in UK politics, and can Labour continue to be trusted with the nation's future? This video provides a sharp analysis of the UK political landscape, offering debate, free speech, and insights into the actions of Rachel Reeves. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more in-depth analysis on UK politics and breaking news. Keywords/Tags: Rachel Reeves, Jon Gaunt, UK politics, Labour Party, UK news, political scandal, Spring Statement, disability benefits, overseas aid, civil service cuts, National Insurance, free speech, Gaunty, political analysis, UK Chancellor, Labour government, Sarah Carpenter tickets, political debate, Labour leadership, UK economic policies, political pressure, freebie scandal, UK government news, March 2025 politics.

Heathrow Fire is final straw! I've had enough of Starmer's Labour. UKPolitics #StarmerLabour #HeathrowFire #DomesticSecurity  In this video, I dive deep into the recent Heathrow fire and how it highlights the complete failure of Starmer's Labour leadership when it comes to UK domestic security. Whether the fire was an accident or terror-related, the real issue is that we have no resilience plan in place to handle such events. Starmer and Labour have neglected the pressing concerns of our own borders, crime rates, and vital infrastructure, all while focusing too heavily on Ukraine and foreign affairs. The lack of attention to issues like knife crime, illegal immigration, and the vulnerability of key infrastructure is putting our country at risk. It's time for a change. As we face a rise in crime, a lack of investment in security, and weak government policies, it's clear that Miliband and Starmer need to step aside. We need a government that puts the UK first and focuses on rebuilding our domestic security, not just foreign interests. The UK is becoming the laughing stock of the world, and it's no wonder when we see the failures of leadership at the top. Join me as I break down why Starmer's Labour is failing the UK and what needs to be done for our safety, security, and future. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more UK political insights and debates. Search Terms & Keywords: UK politics, Starmer Labour, Heathrow fire, domestic security, knife crime, illegal immigration, resilience plan, UK crime rates, foreign affairs, Labour leadership, political debate, UK infrastructure, Miliband, Labour policies, UK government, free speech, news, terrorism, political reform, UK news, political analysis, crime prevention, security plans.  Tags: #UKPolitics #StarmerLabour #HeathrowFire #DomesticSecurity #KnifeCrime #IllegalImmigration #PoliticalDebate #FreeSpeech #LabourFail #UKCrime #Miliband #UKNews #PoliticalAnalysis #SecurityPlan #ForeignAffairs #LabourLeadership

THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Monday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) It's All Very Triggering/Autopilot Might Just Be the Issue/Other Problematic Buttons/Health VS Fast Food. Who Will Win?/What's to Love?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Wednesday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) So Many Ways to Fail/I Went for the Sausages/Doing What You're Told/Trump Keeps Trumping/Turning UpSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Tuesday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) No, Not Those Sorts of Minerals/Is There Anybody Normal?/Hero of the Week/Back to Meat That's Not Meat/What You Need Is a Hangar HouseSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Thursday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) How Long Does Chippy Have Left?/Solar Is the Answer... Until it Isn't/Ginny Anderson's Word of the DaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Following the recent landslide victory of the Labour Party in the UK parliamentary elections, there is growing curiosity about its potential impact on Singaporean investors. This latest political overhaul has raised questions about how this might influence overseas buyers. This comes as there has been a noticeable increase in Singaporean investment on London's property market in recent years. Peter Allen, Director at Stanhope PLC discusses the affordability of homes in London, and a big demographic that sees advantages to buying property there.   Presented by Audrey Siek This podcast is produced and edited by Anthea Ng (nganthea@sph.com.sg) She produces Mind Your Business, Biz-How-To and Breakfast Special segments on the Breakfast Show. Do contact her for topics: C-Suite, SME, Startups, Health-tech, Sustainability, Property, Intergenerational Family Business, Industry Outlook, Fintech and trending businesses in town.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests include Hefin David MS; Director of Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre, Richard Wyn Jones; Labour MP for the Vale of Glamorgan, Kanishka Narayan; Plaid Cymru's Caerfyrrdin MP Ann Davies; Jennifer Ewing from Republicans Overseas; Prof Chris Carman from the University of Glasgow; Paris correspondent for The Times, David Chazan, Plaid Cymru MS Peredur Owen Griffiths and documentary film maker Inge Hanson.

All Welsh politics watchers will have seen and heard much from the Labour Party's two leadership candidates and their teams in the race to succeed Mark Drakeford as leader and First Minister. So here at Hiraeth this week, we're taking a look at the race through the eyes of other parties in Wales. Our all-female panel to comment on this all-male election features guest host Sarah Rees, leader of the Liberal Democrats Jane Dodds MS, and former Plaid Cymru MS Bethan Sayed. We discuss the race between Jeremy Miles and Vaughan Gething, their manifestos, the perception of the strengths and weaknesses of the candidates and the likely effect on future government in the Senedd. Our guests: Jane Dodds MS: https://twitter.com/DoddsJane Bethan Sayed: https://twitter.com/bethanmsayed As always, you can find the latest from us here: twitter.com/HiraethPod We hope you find this podcast interesting and useful. Please do send feedback, it's always great to hear what our audience thinks. Thank you for listening to the podcast. If you have enjoyed it, please leave us a nice rating or comment on your podcast app or on YouTube and, if you are able to do so, please consider supporting our work from just £3/month on Patreon: www.patreon.com/hiraethpod

Guests include leading political analyst Prof Sir John Curtice; political consultant Laura Emily Dunn; Professor of International Politics, Scott Lucas; Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies, Paul Rogers; Ken Skates MS; Tory Peer and ex MP Lord Arbuthnot, former TV executive, Clare Hudson. Reviewing the papers: Wayne David MP and Ruth Mosalski, political editor of Wales Online.

FIRST WITH YESTERDAY'S NEWS (highlights from Wednesday on Newstalk ZB) Bad Words/Already Worried About New Government/Let's Go Out/Sport Is Dead/Salad TheorySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Wednesday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) Ministers Aren't Even Ministers Anymore/Leading Labour Up the Garden Path/Falling Out of Love with Air New Zealand/Chucking it in the BootSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

FIRST WITH YESTERDAY'S NEWS (highlights from Wednesday on Newstalk ZB) Who Else Is There?/Shool Needs to Apply Itself/The Shine's Worn Off the Cup/Hackers Always a Step AheadSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Wednesday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) Who's In Charge?/Passing the Pharmac Buck/Why Does Medicine Take Weekends Off?/Long Days in China/Too Many CouncilsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emergency Podcast! Once again Jeremy is joined by Professor Alan Finlayson at very short notice to discuss some very stupid action taken by the Labour Party leadership. This week the party has threatened Neal Lawson, Director of Compass with expulsion from the party. Why has this attracted headlines and outrage, and what does it mean? […]

THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Tuesday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) Many Detours Ahead/Post-Covid Covid/Forgetting Ardern/Can't Let Go of Fossil Fuels/This Car is Hard to BelieveSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brothers and sisters, comrades and free radical thinkers WE ARE BACK! As you are all aware by now, The Working Group is New Zealand's bestest and greatestest Weekly Political Podcast THAT IS NOT FUNDED by NZ on Air. Despite getting NO MONEY from NZ on Air, our little weekly political podcast keeps hitting number 1!   This week Matt McCarten, Matthew Hooton and Libertarian Damien Grant to debate the Labour Leadership Special!    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Justice Minister Helen McEntee joined us from Brussels to discuss the worsening situation in Ukraine, Ukrainian born Natasha Ibanaz spoke about the plight of her family still living in her home country and we discussed the Labour Leadership with local Deputy Ged Nash See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Unite union is putting forward a motion, for Labour to back increasing the minimum wage to £15 an hour, to a vote at the party's conference. The former shadow cabinet minister, Andy McDonald, said opposition to the idea from the party leadership was the reason he resigned from the front bench yesterday. Labour sources have accused the left-wing of the party of trying to sabotage the conference. Today's Nick Robinson is at the Labour party conference in Brighton and spoke to Diane Abbott, Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, as well as Nick Thomas-Symonds, Shadow Home Secretary.

When Labour got clobbered in May's elections, Andy Burnham defined the trend by winning a landslide in Greater Manchester's mayoral elections. He tells me what Labour can learn from his success, about whether he has ambitions to replace Keir Starmer, about how devolution is Labour's routemap back, and why the people of Batley and Spen should vote for Labour's Kim Leadbeater.Help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Will is joined by a panel of guests to discuss Keir Starmer's first year as Leader of the Labour Party. The panel are: Lauren Davison former co host of the Left Whingers Podcast, founder of the Young Fabians Criminal Justice Network, Justice Reform Co Chair of Open Labour, Young Fabian Society's Disability Advocacy Group's Information Officer, Centre Think Tank's Justice Spokesperson and Potteries Young Labour's Membership Officer; Amen Tesfay Queen Mary University London's Labour Society Co Chair, Open Labour's BAME Rep and a current candidate for Young Labour's BAME Officer; George Fairhurst Chair of Yorkshire and Humberside Young Fabians' Chair, Membership Officer for Open Labour in West Yorkshire and Presenter of Red Rose Reporting; Amy Dyer Chair of Young Fabians Education Network, Chair of Manchester University Labour Society, Policy Officer for Young Fabians International Network and Co Secretary of Labour Doorstep. In this first part the panel discuss the 2019 Labour Leadership election, how Keir Starmer has handled Prime Minister's Questions, Keir's personality and whether he is ruthless enough, how he's dealt with the COVID 19 Pandemic and his Shadow Cabinet. The second part will be released soon. This episode also features a trailer for the Politics of Sound's episode April with Dalia Gerbrial - make sure to check the Politics of Sound podcast out here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/politics-of-sound/id1463362456 

In this week's episode, Calum Watt, Callum Roper and Bradley Allsop and Oli Walwyn discuss the acquittal of Donald Trump and implications on democracy and the GOP, Boris Johnson's grandiose idea (pipedream?) to build a tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland, and the supposed policy blitz from Labour Leadership with a focus on business and the ‘new' direction of the party.

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Calum Watt, Callum Roper and Bradley Allsop discuss the world's response to coronavirus, flooding, solidarity with the Hong Kong democracy movement in Lincoln, students union elections and of course the latest on the Labour Leadership.Opening music: Dimitri Shostakovich's 8th String Quartet - Borodin String QuartetClosing music: Extinction Level Event - Jungle Punks

This week, Calum Watt, Jess Williams, Callum Roper and Bradley Allsop discuss Star Wars, Oscar winning Korean film Parasite and the increasing paradoxical antiestablishmentarianism of mainstream pop culture, the controversy and extent to which Students Union Chief Executives should express their views on democracy, plus of course, an update on the dire state of Britain's railways and the not perhaps not so dire Labour Leadership election.Music: March to Victory - Silent Partner

Join Calum Watt, Callum Roper as they discuss the worrying trend towards labelling protesters as potential terrorists, the ongoing saga of railway privatisation and an update on the Labour Leadership contest.Opening music: New Begining - Gunnar OlsenClosing music: March to Victory - Silent Partner

Join Calum Watt, Callum Roper and Bradley Allsop discuss the ongoing pension strikes in France, what the British labour movement could learn from them and we give our first impressions of the Labour Leadership contest so far...Opening music: New Begining - Gunnar OlsenClosing music: March to Victory - Silent Partner

In this episode we speak to Deputy Chief Executive of Renewable UK, former MP for Great Grimsby from 2015 - 2019, Shadow Deputy Leader of the House from 2015 to 2016 and Shadow Minister for Housing from 2017 to 2019 Melanie Onn. We discuss Brexit, the 2019 UK General Election, how Melanie thinks the government is dealing with coronavirus, the renewable energy industry in Britain and the 2020 Labour Leadership contest. 

William Kedjanyi is the elections, politics and policy analyst for Star Sports Betting, where he and the team around him calculate and determine the odds for betting on various different political events. What the odds that Boris Johnson will remain as Prime Minister until 2024? How many years will Keir Starmer last? and who should you bet on, Trump or Biden? Tune in to hear us go over how these odds are calculated, the differences in covering Sport and Politics wether it be the Cheltenham races or the Labour Leadership race! As well as going over William's work as a journalist in both the political and sporting fields. Want to get an insight into how these bets are formed? Want to hear a discussion on the similarities between modern politics and sporting spectacle? Or even just want some subtle tips on improving your political betting? Well this id the podcast for you! (gamble aware, bet responsibly!) Follow @KeejayOV2 on twitter Follow @StarSports_Bet Star Sports News: https://www.starsportsbet.co.uk/ Star Sports Betting: https://www.starsports.bet/ Vote for Dutiful Future in the British Podcast Awards: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote Follow @dutifulfuture on twitter Is Everything Wrestling?: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/magazine/is-everything-wrestling.html

In today's episode we lightheartedly discuss Labour Leadership, the Royals and how the UK is coping under the seemingly never-ending COVID-19 lockdown, with Tom Harrin. Given that this episode was recorded before the recent developments in the UK's lockdown protocol, a foreword from Jono highlights points that we feel are important to not given their absence in our mainstream media, about the current COVID-19 pandemic.Tom is the founder of 'A Few Things Wrong', a political commentary page on Instagram, purposed for informing the masses and inciting many online debates about the happenings in UK politics and beyond. Find Tom here:https://www.instagram.com/a_few_things_wrong/?hl=enFind us here:https://www.twitch.tv/lostlnthemiddlehttps://www.tiktok.com/@wearelostinthemiddle?https://www.instagram.com/wearelostinthemiddle/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVfji5GuTrhbgYqXAgnpY9AMusic Credit: LAKEY INSPIREDTrack Name: Watching The Clouds - (Lakey Inspired)Music By: LAKEY INSPIREDSoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspiredYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmy8wuTpC95lefU5d1dt2QLicense for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported "Share Alike" (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcodeMusic promoted by: Chill Out Records @ https://goo.gl/fh3rEJTrack: Y&V - Lune [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds.Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n79aphwhpW0Free Download / Stream: http://ncs.io/lune

Rob and Tom discuss the results of the Labour Leadership election alongside the headlines. With some breaking news on the air!TOPICS- [0:00] Intro- [1:39] Headlines: Bojo In Hospital- [8:59] Headlines: Queen's Speech- [13:59] Ad: Dr Wilko's Campaign For Better Beverages- [14:18] Main Story: Labour Leadership Contest- [23:40] Deputy Labour Leader- [27:51] New Shadow Cabinet- [35:22] Where Is Labour Going?- [46:27] Plug: Ennuicastr- [48:57] Quick Polls Update- [53:41] Outro- [54:58] Ad: Hat Of Many ThingsSUPPORTSupport all TTSS shows on PatreonSHOWNOTES- BBC: Coronavirus: Boris Johnson admitted to hospital over virus symptoms- Institute for Government: Acting prime ministers- Laura Kuenssberg Tweet- BBC: Coronavirus: Boris Johnson moved to intensive care as symptoms worsen- BBC: Coronavirus: Queen tells UK 'we will succeed' in fight- The Guardian: Keir Starmer wins Labour leadership election- The Guardian view on Keir Starmer: a serious politician- The Spectator: Full list: Keir Starmer’s new Shadow Cabinet- The Guardian: Ed Miliband returns to Labour frontbench in Keir Starmer reshuffle- 538: How Popular is Donald Trump?- Join us on Discord!DISCUSS- Reddit- Twitter- FacebookATTRIBUTION- Recording engineer: Ennuicastr- Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).- Main Image: Official portrait of Keir Starmer by Chris McAndrew under CC by 3.0

In this episode Will speaks to returning guest Sarbjit Bakhshi, the Head of Political Markets at Smarkets, about the recent Labour Leadership result, Keir Starmer's new Shadow Cabinet, the US Presidential election and the impact of the coronavirus on society.  

Steve and Cory talk about Keir Starmer's victory in the Labour Leadership election. You can find the Europe for the Many report's into Labour's election defeat here: https://www.europeforthemany.com/category/reports/ James Cram designed our logo and Dave Depper composed our theme tune.

Evan, Robert and Kyle talk about the Labour Leadership Race, and their thoughts on Labour's chances going forward in the UK --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Please note that this podcast was recorded before the worrying news that the Prime Minister was admitted to Intensive Care.The man who deals in controversy makes a rare concession. Former government advisor Toby Young tells Christopher Hope why he accepts the outcry over comments he made about the economic impact of saving lives at a time of crisis.Plus Senior Clwyd West MP and Tory Brexiteer David Jones on pandemic policing and wandering goats, the Prime Minister's biographer Andrew Gimson on how Boris Johnson will have fared in quarantine and comedian Matt Forde on the Labour Leadership race... yes, that old thing!Toby Young - I was 'cancelled' for criticising the lockdown – but now more than ever we must hold the government to account: https://bit.ly/2X54mLl |Get 30 days' free access to the Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/chopper |Listen to Coronavirus: The Latest: www.playpodca.st/coronavirus |Email: chopperspolitics@telegraph.co.uk |Twitter: @chopperspodcast |

Award-winning LBC radio presenter, CNN political commentator and For the Many podcast host Iain Dale brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs to conversations with leading figures from politics and broadcasting. In this episode, Iain interviews Sir Keir Starmer KCB QC about coronavirus, political opposition and his bid to become Labour's next leader. Rate and subscribe on Global Player or wherever you get your podcasts and connect with Iain on Twitter: @iaindale

Sir Keir Starmer began his career as a barrister before rising to become the director of public prosecutions. But since his entry into parliament in 2015, he has risen quickly up the ranks to the shadow cabinet’s frontbench. This week he could become Labour’s next leader. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

As the Labour Leadership election quietly comes to an end, one time leadership hopeful Emily Thornberry reflects on the contest and her role in it. As candid as ever, Emily reveals the challenges some leadership candidates face in being able to obtain data and in her case, incredibly, a ballot paper. Emily also tells Matt what she thinks the party must do next, regardless of who is leader. You can follow Emily on Twitter here: @EmilyThornberry You can follow Matt on Twitter here: @mattforde FOR THE LATEST GOVERNMENT ADVICE ON CORONAVIRUS PLEASE GO TO: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus *** IMPORTANT TOUR UPDATE *** NEW REARRANGED DATES INCLUDE: 21 June - Cambridge Junction 2 October - Corby Cube 4 October - Brighton Komedia 9 October - Chorley Little Theatre 18 October - Leeds Hyde Park Book Club 25 October - Newcastle Stand 3 November - Camberley Theatre 13 November - Alnwick Playhouse 15 November - York Crescent 19 November - Cardiff Sherman Theatre 29 November - Glasgow Stand 3 December - Southend Dixon Studio 6 December - Sheffield Leadmill See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Long-Bailey only became an MP in 2015, but now she is running to lead her party. Despite loyally serving in Labour’s shadow cabinet and playing a leading role in drawing up the party’s recent manifesto, she is determined not to be portrayed as the continuity Corbyn candidate. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

In this episode of the podcast Will is joined by Kate Carrau, artist, founder of the SheWolf brand and host of the SheWolf Podcast, to discuss feminism, the representation of women in the media and politics, what is the aim of SheWolf, the US Presidential Election, the Labour Leadership election and the current coronavirus pandemic. Don't forget to subscribe to the SheWolf Podcast to hear more from Kate.

In this episode Will speaks to the former Labour MP for the constituency of Selby from 1997 - 2010 and Keighley from 2017 - 2019, John Grogan about the recent West Yorkshire Devolution project, the Labour Party's recent General Election defeat, the current Labour Leadership contest and his role as chair of the Mongolian - British Chamber of Commerce. 

This week, the team get together to discuss what happened to that most incorrectly-named ‘Red Wall', why Northern communities switched to the conservatives in droves, and how we win them back in 2024. Joining the podcast are Young Fabians Milo Barnett, Isaac Hanson, Tom Platter and producer Carolina Saludes. We had two fantastic female colleagues due to join who had to cancel last minute, so please don't send us angry messages. The Guardian article discussed can be found here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/14/rising-tide-of-londoners-moving-to-northern-englaThis episode was recorded on Friday 28th February, during the Labour Leadership election Enjoy! Follow us on social media to find out more: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastYFhttps://twitter.com/PodcastYfThe intro music is by ‘One in a Googolplex' and used under Creative Commons. Find out more about them here: https://oneinagoogolplex.bandcamp.com/

Plus Boris Johnson is coming under renewed pressure from key British allies over his controversial decision to give Chinese tech giant Huawei a role in building the UK's 5G network. A delegation of senior US officials - including Donald Trump's acting chief of staff - are set to fly to London to raise their concerns directly with Number 10, according to the Daily Telegraph.

Ms Long-Bailey - favourite of the Labour left - said she could be trusted to maintain "our socialist agenda", comments that will be seen as a thinly veiled swipe at shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer. He has been keen to stress his left-wing credentials despite being seen to come from a more centrist tradition.

What will happen to the Brexit Party after we leave Europe on January 31? Brexit Party MEP, Anne Widdecombe, gives her view. Simon Calder, Travel Editor for The Independent, tells us everything we need to know about Crossrail delays. And Quentin Letts, Sketch writer for The Times, talks us through the Labour leadership race. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We kick off speaking to former Commander of the British Forces Colonel Richard Kemp about the ongoing situation in Iran. Plus, former Political Secretary for Tony Blair John McTernan gives us his thoughts on the Labour leadership race. And we catch up with Lord Berkeley to find out how exactly the HS2 budget is getting out of control. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

New last-minute leaders for Labour have changed the story of the upcoming election for the media. But did they make a drama out of those opinion polls which forced the issue in the first place?