Episodes

  • 2024 election special part 2

    2024 election special part 2
    Jun 2 2024
    This episodes discusses what the polls are saying, but also why they can be different and explains some of the pitfalls in assessing the mood of the country accurately. I also explain what we mean by MRP-poll. I explain why the evidence points to a better votes to seats outcome to Labour than at previous elections and explain briefly what could happen in the increasingly unlikely event of a hung parliament, and add why that [again] favours Labour.

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    45 mins
  • 2024 Election special

    2024 Election special
    May 27 2024
    I talk about the fundamentals of the 2024 election - why the Conservatives have such a mountain to climb. The importance of ratings on the economy and the rating of the PM on the election outcome.

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    56 mins
  • 1951 Election Part 1

    1951 Election Part 1
    May 12 2024
    This episode goes through the events of the 1950/51 Parliament, ECHR signing, Bevan resignation, death of Bevin and loss of Cripps, by elections and Persia issue

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    52 mins
  • 1950 Election Part 7

    1950 Election Part 7
    Apr 14 2024
    Swings throughout the country, bias in the election and a brief discussion about the consequences of the election

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    45 mins
  • 1950 Election Part 6

    1950 Election Part 6
    Apr 1 2024
    The results of the 1950 election are counted. Initially it looks like Labour is going to be back with a decent majority, but then on the Friday things start to go very wrong. The press has a wobbly weekend wondering if the Attlee Government can survive and the Conservatives lash out at the Liberals

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    40 mins
  • 1950 Election Part 5

    1950 Election Part 5
    Mar 3 2024
    This episode talks about the final broadcasts of the campaign by Mr Churchill and the PM, Mr Attlee. It then goes on to talk about the final arguments the main players made in the final weeks and the comments and endorsements of the leading newspapers. It finishes with comment about the relatively inexperienced electorate

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    43 mins
  • 1950 election Part 4

    1950 election Part 4
    Feb 18 2024
    This episode discusses the penultimate week of the 1950 election. I talk about Churchill's petrol stunt and his intervention in Foreign Policy and the A-bomb. We discuss the party's radio pitches.

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    29 mins
  • 1950 Election part 3

    1950 Election part 3
    Feb 10 2024
    This episode takes us from the end of Jan to 9 Feb, two weeks before polling day. There is a row over German economic policies being brought into the UK. The Liberal Party releases its manifesto, and the Attlees hit the road for an 1000 mile tour round the country. I also outline who the main players were on the Tory front bench.

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    35 mins