29 episodes
The Election Shortcut with Kate McCann The Times
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The Election Shortcut navigates you through the day's politics to work out what really matters to the people whose votes decide the outcome. Kate and the other leading political correspondents from the Times and Sunday Times go behind the scenes to explain what is really going on in the race for No 10. Running for exactly a month from the date of the first General Election leadership TV debate of the campaign to election day itself on the 4th July. Think of us as a political shortcut - your catch up on all the most important bits and the best inside information from journalists out on the road. From Monday to Friday every week, and we’ll bring you a special edition on Sundays too.
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Divided Tories?
Kate is joined by the Times Political Editor Steve Swinford to discuss the impact the betting scandal has had on the Conservative party.
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The Sun Debate
Kate and John discuss The Sun's Never Mind The Ballots: Election Showdown and the performance of the leaders of the two main parties.
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Coming up this Monday
Join Kate later this evening after Never Mind The Ballots: Election Showdown where we'll see the two leaders quizzed before a live audience.
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Strategy Time
Each Sunday, Kate is joined by journalist Adam Boulton and a group of election strategy insiders to debate how the parties deal with awkward questions.
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Two weeks to go...
Kate is joined by The Times' senior political correspondent, Patrick Maguire, to reflect on another long week of campaigning and to look ahead to what the final two weeks have in store.
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The York Debate
In York each of the leaders of the UK's four biggest political parties faced questions from a live studio audience for a BBC debate, and Kate was there too, along with her mum and dad!
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