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Dec 2023
37m 27s

Where Have Boris Johnson's Voters Gone?

THE TIMES
About this episode

Four years on from Boris Johnson's 2019 General Election victory, Matt goes 'polling in the deep' with a panel of experts to find out how the British public's views have changed and how they're likely to vote when they go back to the polls.


PLUS: A taster of the latest episode of How to Win An Election, where political masterminds Peter Mandelson, Polly Mackenzie and Daniel Finkelstein discuss how to build a war chest and what to do with it.


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