logo
episode-header-image
Jul 2023
35m 26s

Three by-elections and a Barbie movie

GLOBAL
About this episode

Tomorrow voters in three English constituencies will head to the polls. Will the good news on inflation and car plants help Rishi Sunak? Will the backlash over child benefits harm Keir Starmer?

Or will none of it make any difference? Has the county already found an inflection point where it's looking for change? We hear from the pollster Lord Andrew Cooper.

And we talk to Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo about Barbie and her fall from paradise.

Up next
Nov 6
Mehdi Hasan on Trump’s midterms disaster
The Democrats led a ‘blue wave’ across America, taking control of both the Senate and the House in Congress, and leaving Donald Trump all but powerless in his remaining two years in the White House. Trump may have been defanged and neutered by the results of the midterms, but tha ... Show More
33m 21s
Nov 5
Spurs CEO: “We had Relegation plan” | Vinai Venkatesham EXCLUSIVE - The Sports Agents
What really happens behind closed doors at one of the biggest football clubs in the world?Two disastrous Premier League seasons. More than £500 million spent on transfers. Three managers in a matter of months. Tottenham Hotspur needed more than a change of manager — they needed a ... Show More
37m 40s
Nov 5
Russell Brand the rapist
Russell Brand was today convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy has said today that Brand is a "danger to women", the Met Police have said that two further rape allegations are being investigated, and the judge presi ... Show More
37m 20s
Recommended Episodes
May 2024
Elections debrief: Sunak survives? Starmer solid?
It’s the morning after the day before for Beth, Ruth and Jess as they pull apart the local election results they have so far.    They discuss what big council losses for the Conservatives could mean for the Rishi Sunak narrative. How does the re-election of Ben Houchen as Tees Va ... Show More
44m 51s
Apr 2024
Will 'Strictly' decide the General Election?
The UK will go to the polls this year, but what do our viewing habits tell us about who will form our next government? Margot Robbie is rolling the dice on Monopoly being the next box-office success, and reflect on Ant & Dec with the final Saturday Night Takeaway having just hit ... Show More
49m 43s
Nov 2021
Poll Positions
Assessing how the latest polls might translate on election day. Mark chats to Suzanne Breen, David McCann, and Peter Donaghy. 
28m 38s
May 2023
Local elections: What's at stake?
This week millions of voters will head to the ballot box as more than 8,000 council seats in England are in contested in local elections. The vote will be the last big electoral test of public opinion before the next general election. On the Sky News Daily Niall Paterson is joine ... Show More
22m 4s
Jul 2023
What Do The By-Elections Mean?
<p>After the Conservatives suffered two by-election defeats but were spared the embarrassment of a whitewash, Matt explores what it means for Sunak and Starmer's fortunes with polling expert <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tories-uxbridge-south-ruislip-by-election-win ... Show More
57m 30s
May 2025
Can Nigel Farage and Reform prove themselves?
Beth Rigby, Harriet Harman, and Ruth Davidson assemble for an elections debrief.   Beth's been following a very happy Nigel Farage after Reform gained an MP in Runcorn, took the Greater Lincolnshire mayoralty and seized control of several councils.   But, how does the party promi ... Show More
41m 29s
Jul 2023
When Will Sunak Call An Election?
<p>Should Rishi Sunak go early like Boris Johnson, or cling on until the bitter end like John Major? Matt considers the merits of an early or a late general election with pollsters Beth Mann and Peter Kellner, and the former Number 10 adviser Tim Smith.</p><br><p>Plus: Columnists ... Show More
40m 33s
May 2017
Local elections: a blue wave hits Britain
The Conservatives have made great gains in England and Scotland in the local and mayoral elections this week - what lies ahead for Labour? And what hints are there for June's general election? With George Parker and Miranda Green of the Financial Times, plus pollster Matt Singh. ... Show More
19m 3s
May 2024
'It's on - what will the 2024 election be like?'
  <br />With Westminster still reeling from the prime minister's decision to call a general election on the 4 July, Beth, Jess and Ruth lift the curtain on what was going on in parliament as rumours started to swirl.   <br />  <br />Who decided to call an election now? Why did Ri ... Show More
43m 15s