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How To Win An Election The Times
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As the parties prepare to do battle at the polls in 2024, we bring together three of the most experienced strategists of the past four decades who between them know a thing or two about winning (and losing) elections.
Peter Mandelson, Polly Mackenzie and Daniel Finkelstein join journalist and stand-up comedian Matt Chorley for an intelligent, adversarial and witty political conversation every week.
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EMERGENCY EPISODE: How To Call An Election!
It's happened. Rishi Sunak has announced the General Election for 4th July - as predicted by Danny in the last episode of the podcast.
The political masterminds Peter Mandelson, Polly Mackenzie and Daniel Finkelstein join Matt for an emergency episode, recorded at the Podcast Show in London.
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How To Pull Off A Political Stunt
The long election campaign is well underway, and politicians are vying for attention with eye-catching photocalls, speeches, visits and stunts.
The political masterminds Peter Mandelson, Polly Mackenzie and Daniel Finkelstein explain what happened when Blair and Brown shared an ice cream, when Ming Campbell pointed down the toilet, and when Danny was asked to arrange an actual bonfire of regulations.
And why does Danny think the chances of a summer election may be rising?
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How To Tell When The Game's Up
Is there a point in an election campaign when you realise that the game is up and you're going to lose? And can you admit it when it happens?
The political masterminds Peter Mandelson, Polly Mackenzie and Daniel Finkelstein join Matt Chorley to discuss whether Rishi Sunak has another roll of the dice, why Polly planned for a coalition that never happened, and when Peter, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown knew they had no chance of beating the Tories.
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How To Leave A Legacy
What is Rishi Sunak's political legacy, and has he still got time to build one? The political masterminds discuss when leaders have left a lasting change - and whether they can ever leave the public wanting more.
Peter Mandelson, Polly Mackenzie and Daniel Finkelstein join Matt Chorley to talk about legacy, why Rachel Reeves is using the word 'gaslighting', and why Peter thinks the Green Party is becoming a 'dustbin' for the hard left.
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LIVE: How To Spin Defeat
In a special bonus episode of the podcast, Matt and the political masterminds analyse the local elections results in front of a live audience.
How easy is it to spin your way out of a heavy election defeat, has Rishi Sunak done enough to see off Tory rebels, and should Labour be talking more about Liz Truss?
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How To Defy Political Gravity
Is there anything that Rishi Sunak can do to defy political gravity and deny Labour a majority? And after flying high for so long, can the SNP find a new leader that will help them turn the page?
The political masterminds Peter Mandelson, Polly Mackenzie and Daniel Finkelstein join Matt Chorley to discuss the turmoil in Scottish politics, whether Labour is overpromising, and Conservative fortunes heading into the local elections in England and Wales.
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Customer Reviews
Wampummum
Laugh out loud funny and always informative.
Love it
Superb
This is superb. Mandelson the real star of the show and Polly McKenzie adds a good energy. Finkelstein can be very repetitive and overly strategic without saying anything genuinely interesting (“nothing matters”, “signal not noise”, “better the devil”)… it can start to make the whole show feel very formulaic and make politics sound boring… let’s keep diving into issues and the personalities…
Mandelson is brilliant
But the rest of them just shout over him and even shout when they have the floor… hard work listening to this.