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  • Friday, 13 December, 2019
    40 min listen
    Election 2019: Boris Johnson's crushing victory for the Tories

    We unpick the election result, the key moments throughout the night and more

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
    15 min listen
    Midweek update: the final campaign days

    Will Boris Johnson be knocked off course by his struggle with an NHS crisis in Leeds?

  • Sunday, 8 December, 2019
    36 min
    Election week four: Boris Johnson dodges the BBC

    Discussion and analysis of UK politics from the Financial Times' political commentators and correspondents

  • Saturday, 7 December, 2019
    36 min listen
    Election week four: Boris Johnson dodges the BBC

    The prime minister had a dilemma over whether to accept an Andrew Neil interview

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    18 min listen
    Midweek update: Conservative nervousness

    As the campaign enters the final week, the Conservative party is eager to ensure its…

  • Saturday, 30 November, 2019
    33 min listen
    Election week three: trouble for Labour, the big poll and tales from the stump

    Opposition party struggles with anti-Semitism and a new poll suggests a comfortable majority for Conservatives

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2019
    19 min listen
    Midweek update: Labour enters choppy waters

    Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign knocked off course by an intervention from UK’s chief rabbi

  • Saturday, 23 November, 2019
    31 min listen
    Election week two: Labour’s radical manifesto

    Do the sums add up on Jeremy Corbyn’s tax and spend changes?

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
    FT CollectionsUK general election: pledges and pacts podcast23 min listen
    Podcast: Midweek update — the first TV debate

    Neither Boris Johnson nor Jeremy Corbyn scored major points in the head-to-head

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  • Saturday, 16 November, 2019
    34 min listen
    Week one of the election: who made progress?

    We examine all the major parties’ campaigns and what might happen next

  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2019
    19 min listen
    Midweek update: the Brexit party's dilemma

    Nigel Farage pulled out of Conservative-held seats — but is that the right strategy?

  • Saturday, 9 November, 2019
    32 min listen
    Shaky election start for Tories

    The first week of campaigning was beset by gaffes and mistakes for the Conservatives

  • Saturday, 2 November, 2019
    32 min listen
    Boris Johnson calls the general election

    Britain is heading for the polls on December — what will be the key themes?

  • Saturday, 26 October, 2019
    32 min listen
    Boris Johnson's tumultuous Brexit week

    The Brexit bill, the parliamentary arithmetic and scenarios of what might happen next

  • Friday, 18 October, 2019
    32 min listen
    Boris Johnson’s new Brexit deal: details and drama

    A week of intense diplomacy and the PM has an agreement — will it pass parliament?

  • Saturday, 12 October, 2019
    29 min listen
    Is this the big Brexit breakthrough?

    After months of stalemate, a surprise in talks between Boris Johnson and Leo Varadkar

  • Saturday, 5 October, 2019
    31 min listen
    Boris’ big Brexit proposal and are the Tories ready for an election?

    As the Conservative’s annual conference came to a close in Manchester, Boris Johnson…

  • Saturday, 28 September, 2019
    33 min listen
    Supreme Court's historic decision on prorogation

    What are the constitutional implications of the decision? What will Commons do now?

  • Sunday, 22 September, 2019
    30 min listen
    Boris Johnson v the Supreme Court

    What if the court decides parliament was not legally prorogued?

  • Saturday, 14 September, 2019
    31 min listen
    Can Boris Johnson pull a Brexit deal out of a hat?

    Rumours of movement on the NI backstop, plus what will the party conferences bring?

  • Saturday, 7 September, 2019
    37 min listen
    Boris loses control — what happens next?

    The prime minister lost control of his Brexit strategy, as parliament forced no deal off the table

  • Saturday, 31 August, 2019
    34 min listen
    Boris Johnson prorogues parliament — now what?

    Is shutting down parliament to further his Brexit strategy wrong or clever?

  • Saturday, 24 August, 2019
    25 min listen
    Boris Johnson meets EU leaders

    What was the prime minister’s Brexit message? Plus, the latest no-deal warnings

  • Saturday, 17 August, 2019
    22 min listen
    PM Jeremy Corbyn’s caretaker government?

    The chances of success for the Labour leader’s plan to stop a no-deal Brexit

  • Saturday, 10 August, 2019
    28 min listen
    Will Boris Johnson's no-deal Brexit plan work?

    PM ready to force through leaving the EU with or without a deal

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