Welcome Surprises: Modi humbled, Trump guilty, and Farage's (unwelcome) return

A week is a long time in politics, or so they say. And this has been one looooong week. But at the end of it, The Tricyclists are united by a sense of welcome surprise, with Narendra Modi and the BJP humbled in the Indian elections, with their majority slashed and coalition required. Meanwhile in New York a court has found former President, and current candidate, Donald Trump guilty on 34 counts during his so-called "hush money" trial. And in the UK, the election campaign has begun in earnest, with Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak clashing in the first televised debate, and Nigel Farage making a surprise return in Clacton. As ever, Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat put their ludicrously capacious minds together to confer on these issues.You can now subscribe to the PREMIUM version of Election Trike on Hubwave: tricycle.hubwave.netHere are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://scroll.in/article/1067962/constitution-cows-ration-why-dalits-in-up-want-to-vote-out-the-bjphttps://scroll.in/article/1068384/modi-pulled-bahujan-voters-to-the-bjp-many-are-now-drifting-awayhttps://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/god-has-sent-me-convinced-that-my-energy-is-not-biological-prime-minister-narendra-modi-430606-2024-05-23https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/31/rishi-sunak-comeback-general-election-uk-conservatives/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/claudia-sheinbaum-mexico-president-jewish-first-woman-rcna155179Subscribe below to our contributors' Substacks:ET Write Home by Emily Tamkin (via Emily's Substack you can also listen to the PREMIUM version of the show)India Inside Out by Rohan VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe Election Tricycle is a Podot podcast.It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat.Executive Producer: Nick Hilton.Producer: Lulu Goad.For sales and advertising, email [email protected] watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.