After a difficult set of election results for the Conservatives, including a by-election defeat in Blackpool South, Matt looks at what they mean for the parties and for Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer as elections expert John Curtice says that losing is the government's "habit". Plu ...Afficher plus
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Losing Is Becoming A Habit
After a difficult set of election results for the Conservatives, including a by-election defeat in Blackpool South, Matt looks at what they mean for the parties and for Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer as elections expert John Curtice says that losing is the government's "habit". Plu ...Afficher plus
Hello From The Other Side: Thatcher's Rise To Power
In half a century just three opposition leaders have become prime minister. 45 years after Margaret Thatcher arrived in Downing Street, Matt hears from the people who knew her best - including Conservative colleagues Ken Clarke, Jonathan Aitken, and David Howell, aide turned auth ...Afficher plus
PMQs: Stop Banging The Furniture
Tim Shipman and Kait Borsay join Matt Chorley to pause and unpack the action from the Commons chamber as Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak clash over pensions and how to fund them, and one Tory gets a ticking-off from the Speaker. Plus: Columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton dis ...Afficher plus
Inside The Plot To Bring Down Sunak
For months a group of Tory plotters have been saying that the local elections will be pivotal to their efforts to remove Rishi Sunak from office. So as the moment of truth nears, can the plot succeed, or are the plotters themselves divided? Plus: After an MSP accidentally (and br ...Afficher plus
The Exit Interviews: Caroline Lucas
Matt sits down with MPs leaving Parliament at the next election to find out about their highs and lows, their best and worst bosses, and the lessons they've learned from politics. Caroline Lucas - the only Green MP - tells Matt about her reasons for standing down and what's wrong ...Afficher plus