The State of It
Real reporting from the coalface of British politics.Join The Times and The Sunday Times’s political heavyweights Patrick Maguire, Steven Swinford, Gabriel Pogrund and Caroline Wheeler and as they dig deep into the latest tea room tip offs, reveal insider conversations and bring analysis, authority and insight.No party loyalty. No spin. Not hosted by some old politicians. Taking you into the real business of politics, from those who live it daily. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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Episodes (43)
BONUS: Reform shake Labour to its core
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"They're going to have to drag him out" - Starmer prepares for a leadership batt...
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Mandelson: Starmer’s original sin comes back to haunt him
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Starmer picks a fight with the wrong guy
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BONUS: Can Keir Starmer survive the Mandelson vetting scandal?
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Guns or Butter: the great defence spending row
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Get ready for a pub brawl, it's local election time
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Keir Starmer's fight with "reckless" striking doctors. And Labour's Zack Polansk...
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Angela Rayner's next move and Morgan McSweeney's missing messages
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Why Starmer is happy to argue with Trump — and how he might help him over Iran
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The key to the Keir Starmer puzzle: bonus with How To Win An Election
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How bad are the Mandelson files for Starmer?
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Oil and trouble for the British economy
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How Starmer's Iran response alienates everybody
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The end of the Labour party as a going concern in electoral politics?
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Ukraine extra: burner phones and lost children
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A by-election reckoning — and unexploded bombs everywhere
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Gabriel Pogrund speaks out on Labour Together scandal
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Wes Streeting bottles it and Labour's left grabs the steering wheel
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Bonus episode: Epstein tried to befriend me
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How the Mandelson scandal threatens Starmer
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Bonus episode: Flying to China with the PM
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Lose this by-election and all hell breaks loose
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Widespread bafflement and anger
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No one likes us, we don't care
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Starmer, Farage and your monthly bills
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Get ready for a wild year in Westminster
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The State of It's Christmas Awards
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Who will move first: Streeting or Burnham?
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Angela Rayner's main character energy
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The stench of decay coming from Downing Street
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Bonus Episode: Labour's economics-free budget
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Starmer and Reeves's reverse Midas touch
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Mahmood vs the liberal luminaries
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Have a go if you think you're hard enough
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If you're going to raise taxes, why not just say so?
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Has Starmer gone woke?
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The tepid bath of managed decline
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Is that a dungeon you're planning?
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Badenoch woos WhatsApp plotters
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What ministers won't say in public
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Introducing...The State of It
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