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The State of It — 72 episodes

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Trump and Burnham meet: what could go wrong?

2

Mr Hope and Mr Sensible step into the danger zone

3

Assisted dying is dead. What next?

4

Why the UK is risking US anger with Israel sanctions

5

Reform's conference begins with a crisis

6

Starmerism with a human face: when vibes meet reality

7

West Bank sanctions: the snag - and Burnham's blockbuster autumn

8

Burnham's three big tests - and trouble at Reform UK

9

Farage wins Clacton – but his £5m headache remains

10

PC Harper's killers: Andy Burnham's first major test

11

Will a Reform-Restore alliance unite the right?

12

The Burnham Bounce: how long can it last?

13

Andy Burnham's week of maximum vibes

14

No, you're a factionalist: Labour's new battle lines

15

Shabana Mahmood: The 'ruthless' incoming Chancellor?

16

Burnham's cabinet: Ed Miliband fails the smell test

17

Nigel Farage's Clacton by-election gamble

18

Nigel Farage and Posh George: why it matters

19

Paranoia in the Labour Party: the Andy Burnham enigma

20

"You can't have more Milibands than women in top jobs" - Cain and Abel mark II

21

Andy Burnham builds a plane mid-flight as Starmer checks out

22

Keir Starmer resigns. Andy Burnham prepares for power

23

Andy Burnham wins Makerfield: what happens now?

24

Ghostings and betrayals: Starmer's cabinet prepares for an Andy Burnham coup

25

A circular firing squad: the bitter war over defence spending

26

The tragic death of Henry Nowak and a political reckoning

27

We’re all just normal people railing against politics

28

Inside Keir Starmer's plan to remain PM till 2027

29

What the hell’s going on in Westminster?

30

Keir Starmer: the end game

31

BONUS: Reform shake Labour to its core

32

"They're going to have to drag him out" - Starmer prepares for a leadership battle

33

Mandelson: Starmer’s original sin comes back to haunt him

34

Starmer picks a fight with the wrong guy

35

BONUS: Can Keir Starmer survive the Mandelson vetting scandal?

36

Guns or Butter: the great defence spending row

37

Get ready for a pub brawl, it's local election time

38

Keir Starmer's fight with "reckless" striking doctors. And Labour's Zack Polanski problem

39

Angela Rayner's next move and Morgan McSweeney's missing messages

40

Why Starmer is happy to argue with Trump — and how he might help him over Iran

41

The key to the Keir Starmer puzzle: bonus with How To Win An Election

42

How bad are the Mandelson files for Starmer?

43

Oil and trouble for the British economy

44

How Starmer's Iran response alienates everybody

45

The end of the Labour party as a going concern in electoral politics?

46

Ukraine extra: burner phones and lost children

47

A by-election reckoning — and unexploded bombs everywhere

48

Gabriel Pogrund speaks out on Labour Together scandal

49

Wes Streeting bottles it and Labour's left grabs the steering wheel

50

Bonus episode: Epstein tried to befriend me

51

How the Mandelson scandal threatens Starmer

52

Bonus episode: Flying to China with the PM

53

Lose this by-election and all hell breaks loose

54

Widespread bafflement and anger

55

No one likes us, we don't care

56

Starmer, Farage and your monthly bills

57

Get ready for a wild year in Westminster

58

The State of It's Christmas Awards

59

Who will move first: Streeting or Burnham?

60

Angela Rayner's main character energy

61

The stench of decay coming from Downing Street

62

Bonus Episode: Labour's economics-free budget

63

Starmer and Reeves's reverse Midas touch

64

Mahmood vs the liberal luminaries

65

Have a go if you think you're hard enough

66

If you're going to raise taxes, why not just say so?

67

Has Starmer gone woke?

68

The tepid bath of managed decline

69

Is that a dungeon you're planning?

70

Badenoch woos WhatsApp plotters

71

What ministers won't say in public

72

Introducing...The State of It