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Electoral Dysfunction — 212 episodes

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'A bloodsport': Were journalists to blame for Keir Starmer’s downfall?

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How ‘mega-donors’ are buying political influence... and your algorithm

3

What does Nigel Farage’s win in Clacton actually prove?

4

'I hated it': Jess Phillips on life inside Keir Starmer's government

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‘Intensely unpopular’: Was Keir Starmer doomed from the start?

6

Is the Burnham government starting to feel like The Traitors?

7

Did a "difficult woman" upset Andy Burnham's cabinet plans?

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Has Starmer done Burnham any favours?

9

Could Farage's by-election plan backfire?

10

Will women get a seat at Andy Burnham’s table?

11

Can Andy Burnham really govern without an election?

12

Keir Starmer resigns. What’s next?

13

‘Andy Burnham is going to be Prime Minister’

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Introducing our first members' episode

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More resignations for Keir Starmer: can it get any worse?

16

Is Nigel Farage exploiting Henry Nowak’s murder?

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Andy Burnham on Britain’s future... and his own

18

Why the UK isn’t ungovernable – yet

19

Who is regulating reality TV? Lessons from MAFS UK

20

Jess Phillips: Starmer Doesn’t Listen

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EXTRA - Are these Keir Starmer’s final days as Prime Minister?

22

Local elections: Reform up, Labour down, Starmer out?

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Can Keir Starmer risk a reshuffle?

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Will we ever know everything about Peter Mandelson?

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EXTRA: Why didn’t Starmer ask more questions about Mandelson?

26

Is this the election that makes Nigel Farage unstoppable?

27

Could the UK sleepwalk into Trumpian politics?

28

How much economic damage is Donald Trump doing? | Q&A

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EXCLUSIVE: Keir Starmer on his special relationship with Trump

30

Could Angela Rayner’s comeback rescue Labour?

31

Why the Mandelson files matter for Starmer's future

32

Has Starmer got it right over his Iran War response?

33

Did the Greens just deliver a knockout blow for Keir Starmer?

34

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor: Is anyone truly above the law?

35

Is a ‘boys’ club’ undermining Starmer’s government?

36

EXTRA: Wes Streeting on his friendship with Peter Mandelson

37

Can Starmer survive the Mandelson scandal?

38

What does Starmer really want from China?

39

EXTRA: Why Andy Burnham was blocked by Keir Starmer

40

Is this the end of social media for teenagers?

41

Jenrick joins Reform – is it a boost for Nigel Farage or Kemi Badenoch?

42

Is Starmer still a player in Trump’s world?

43

Nick Clegg on Brexit regret and what Britain does next | 10 Years of Brexit Part 2

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The vote that fractured politics | 10 Years of Brexit Part 1

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Which Prime Minister had the worst Christmas? | Q&A

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How do you raise boys in a culture of misogyny?

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Does Starmer need his mates more than ever?

48

Did Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves mislead us?

49

Is the government gaslighting us over tax rises?

50

Shabana Mahmood – the new Margaret Thatcher?

51

Is Wes Streeting now a shoo-in for Labour leader?

52

Why are prisoners being released by mistake?

53

Cheat Sheet.... A new podcast from Sky News

54

Is Zack Polanski making the Greens less green?

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How did the grooming gangs inquiry get so toxic?

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EXTRA: Who will be Labour's deputy leader?

57

Is the government too close to China?

58

Is it too late for Kemi Badenoch?

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Kemi Badenoch’s biggest weakness

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Is Keir Starmer obsessed with Nigel Farage?

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Wes Streeting on why he didn't want Home Secretary

62

Why Do Some Men Know Best About Pregnancy?

63

Beth asks Trump about Mandelson and Epstein

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Mandelson sacked over Epstein

65

Is Labour too London?

66

Rayner resigns and Starmer resets (again)

67

Is Angela Rayner a "hypocrite" if she doesn't resign?

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Angela Rayner admits underpaying tax - Exclusive interview

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Is political chaos fuelled by the media?

70

Starmer’s dilemma in Trump and Putin’s shadow

71

Conservatives v Reform: Battle for the Right

72

Is Corbyn’s comeback a headache for Starmer - or a red herring?

73

What happened when I quit the government

74

Is the government preparing for a summer of riots?

75

The '£7 billion' government secret

76

Is migration helping or hurting the UK?

77

Is Labour losing Wales to Reform?

78

Did Keir Starmer screw up his own anniversary?

79

What will Keir Starmer learn from the Labour welfare chaos?

80

Why won't Starmer call out Trump?

81

Will Starmer have to agree to war?

82

Should anyone go to prison for an abortion?

83

Rachel Reeves faces the numbers - can she cut it?

84

Why Labour needs to focus on the working class, with Andy Burnham

85

Farage steps in whilst parliament’s out

86

Rachel Reeves vs Keir Starmer: Inside the ‘rift’ in Downing Street

87

What was behind Starmer’s 'Enoch Powell' moment?

88

Can a trade deal with Trump save Starmer?

89

Can Nigel Farage and Reform prove themselves?

90

Can there ever be a calm debate on trans rights?

91

Who’s nicer - Lords or MPs?

92

Why isn’t Keir Starmer saying what he really thinks?

93

Electoral Dysfunction Live is back!

94

Trump's sneezed – can Starmer stay calm?

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Can Starmer silence the rebels?

96

Is Rachel Reeves about to have a very tough week?

97

Is Keir Starmer bringing back austerity?

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Rachel Reeves: "People want to talk me down... I'll prove I can do it"

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Will a ministerial resignation dent Starmer's post Trump high?

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A pact between Farage and Badenoch?

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Labour WhatsApps: "If you’ve got racist thoughts then you shouldn't be an MP!"

102

Is it already over for Kemi Badenoch?

103

Can Love Island help Rachel Reeves?

104

Southport murders – was there a ‘cover-up’?

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Welcome to Trump World: How everything is changing

106

Introducing...Trump 100

107

The grooming gang scandal: The politicians in Elon Musk's crosshairs

108

Jess Phillips: The inside story

109

Behind the scenes of the Tory government’s fall from power - Part 2

110

Behind the scenes of the Tory government’s fall from power - Part 1

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Syria, Lords, Christmas - Answer The Question special

112

Milestones or millstones for Keir Starmer?

113

ED extra: Assisted dying passes and Louise Haigh resigns

114

Where is Kemi Badenoch’s megaphone?

115

What does Keir Starmer stand for?

116

Electoral Dysfunction meets The News Meeting

117

Has the health secretary crossed a line?

118

The US election debriefed

119

What 'truths' will Kemi Badenoch be telling?

120

Budget '24: Is "tractor tax" the new pasty tax?

121

Can Trump and Starmer have a special relationship?

122

Should the cabinet shut up about the budget?

123

Introducing... The World

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Cleverly done?

125

Tory leadership race: Why it’s been a good week for James Cleverly

126

Beth's Starmer interview debriefed

127

Should Starmer say sorry for his freebies?

128

Is this the end of MPs presenting TV shows?

129

How a Tory leadership hopeful once hacked Harriet Harman

130

Starmer ends summer early... and Harriet Harman joins our line-up

131

'Answer The Question!' - Is the chancellor telling us everything?

132

Moving on from the riots (with Thangam Debbonaire)

133

'Answer the Question!’ with Harriet Harman - Labour's wait for a female leader

134

'Answer The Question!’ - Reasons to be hopeful with Jon Ashworth

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Are the Labour rebels “totally out of order”?

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We've got some news!

137

Has Keir Starmer reset Britain's relationship with the world?

138

Jess Phillips gets a promotion

139

The election debrief

140

What to watch out for and how to prepare for election night

141

Interviewing the PM and loving PMQs – with Rylan

142

Does the prime minister's partner have to have a role?

143

What are the odds a betting scandal sinks the Tories?

144

Do you accept defeat in the middle of a campaign?

145

Behind the scenes of The Battle for Number 10

146

How do you recover from a political car crash?

147

What could be in the party manifestos?

148

How do leaders prepare for TV election debates?

149

Extra ED: Beth interviews Angela Rayner

150

Will Diane Abbott stand for Labour? And pets named after politicians.

151

'It's on - what will the 2024 election be like?'

152

Was this the week the election campaign really started?

153

'A punch in the gut': The defection of Natalie Elphicke

154

Elections debrief: Sunak survives? Starmer solid?

155

A reset week for Rishi but what will the local elections bring?

156

The Mark Menzies claims. And what makes a good foreign secretary?

157

The Grindr honeytrap fallout - and do Labour poll leads do them more harm than good?

158

"Answer The Question!" - PMQs, Parliament tea, and the online election

159

Where do royalty and politics meet?

160

Rishi Sunak: embattled or beleaguered?

161

Diane Abbott row and Lee Anderson defects - what's it all telling us about the state of politics?

162

The 'meh' budget and Trump on top

163

Electoral Dysfunction: “People in this country feel like nothing works”: Is it time the country went to the polls?

164

Teaser: Could the next Tory leader actually be really obvious?

165

Electoral Dysfunction: How do you get politics and people to connect?

166

Introducing Patient 11

167

Beth Rigby Interviews... Iain Anderson

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NHS at 75 | Steve Barclay and Wes Streeting

169

Beth Rigby Interviews... Irvine Welsh

170

Rishi Sunak’s personal pledge to bring down inflation and David Furnish on his fight to eradicate AIDS

171

Beth Rigby on Boris Johnson misleading parliament, plus an interview with Dame Wendy Hall

172

Braverman speeding row, migration figures and guests Nigel Farage and Yvette Cooper

173

Beth Rigby Interviews.... Rishi Sunak

174

Beth Rigby Interviews... Keir Starmer and Russian journalist turned dissident Marina Ovsyannikova

175

Raab fallout with Lord Simon McDonald, plus Aston Villa’s Christian Purslow

176

Beth Rigby Interviews... Hillary Clinton

177

Labour’s David Lammy, new Scottish First Minister and migration crisis

178

Boris Johnson 'on the BBQ’, Rishi Sunak’s tax return and Nicola Sturgeon’s legacy

179

The budget, TikTok, Gary Lineker - and guest Liam Neeson

180

Alex Salmond on the SNP’s future, plus Windsor Framework not yet a ‘slam dunk’

181

Starmer’s mission, Sunak’s protocol plan and the Briton captured by Russian forces

182

Beth Rigby on Raab and Zahawi. Plus, guest Mike Pompeo

183

Rishi Sunak’s reaction to Nadhim Zahawi… And guest Archbishop of Canterbury

184

What's Boris Johnson doing? And guest Lord Winston

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Beth Rigby on a new political year, strikes, the NHS crisis - and Angela Rayner

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Sajid Javid

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Beth Rigby Interviews.... Wendy Sherman

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Jeremy Hunt

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Lord McDonald

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Sir Lindsay Hoyle. Plus Braverman, Sunak and Hancock

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Beth Rigby on Liz Truss' week. Plus, an interview with Priti Patel

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

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Are the Conservatives in a better place after their conference?

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Liz Truss

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Pressure on the PM, Starmer’s “moment” and Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson

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Sunak v Truss.. plus an interview with Keir Starmer

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Penny Mordaunt

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Beth Rigby's take on Boris Johnson's resignation

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Gordon Brown

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Beth Rigby interviews... Vice President of the European Commission Maros Sefcovic

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Beth Rigby Interviews… Emma Thompson and Katharine Birbalsingh

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Beth Rigby Interviews.... Jacob Rees-Mogg

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Sean Paul and Julianne Smith

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Vladimir Chizhov and Kwajo Tweneboa

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Beth Rigby Interviews...Tina Brown

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Fiona Hill

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Matt Hancock and Alyssa Carson

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Dame Kate Bingham

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Beth Rigby Interviews… Vitali Klitschko

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Beth Rigby Interviews… Rishi Sunak and Anoosheh Ashoori

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Gary Neville

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Boris Johnson