After the Tories' drubbing in the local elections and the many, many rumors about efforts to unseat Rishi Sunak, Aggie Chambre talks us through how to prepare a secret Conservative leadership campaign.
Former No. 10 head of political comms Adam Jones takes us inside Liz Truss's "fizz with Liz" soirees, explains why she took *that* picture in the tank, and sa ... Show More
Oct 16
Are the Brexit wars back?
Customs union, single market, rejoin, second referendum. It's all feeling a little Ground Hog day in Westminster after Andy Burnham reopened the Europe question at Labour Party conference. Hosts Sascha O'Sullivan and Pat Baker find out how the row over Europe will play out in the ... Show More
36m 26s
Sep 30
Labour conference special: Manchester’s new mayor
On a special edition of Westminster Insider from Labour Party conference, Pat and Sascha sat down with the new Mayor of Greater Manchester, Bev Craig, at the POLITICO Pub in Liverpool. In a conversation recorded in front of a live audience on Tuesday, shortly before Andy Burnham’ ... Show More
20m 59s
Oct 2022
The Leadership Race... Any Questions?
The Conservative leadership race is on, and rumours are swirling about which MPs will join Penny Mordaunt in putting themselves forward to become the next Prime Minister.Adam is joined by Rob Watson from the BBC World Service, and Will Walden, former communications director to Bo ... Show More
31m 27s
May 2017
Behind the scenes on a campaign
Matt Chorley is joined by Katie Perrior, former May director of communications, Matt Zarb-Cousin, former Corbyn spokesmanand James McGrory, former Nick Clegg spinner, to lift the lid on the realities of running a campaign, who's currently doing well, and their worst moments whils ... Show More
34m 36s