Episodes

  • 1951 Opening manoeuvres of the election

    1951 Opening manoeuvres of the election
    Jan 26 2025
    The public are mostly concerned with the King's Health. The situation in Persia remains difficult, the stock market rallies on hopes the Conservatives are going to win

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    26 mins
  • 1951 Election part 2

    1951 Election part 2
    Dec 15 2024
    Attlee calls an early election as George VI has a lung removed.

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    37 mins
  • Election 2024 special - final day

    Election 2024 special - final day
    Jul 3 2024
    I go through the final polls, timings for the exit poll and counts, what is the exit poll etc and a word on Scotland and Wales

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    39 mins
  • 2024 Election special part 4

    2024 Election special part 4
    Jun 30 2024
    The electorate still not really looking at Labour's policies, I discuss the latest polling data and what it means, and a few words on the ground campaign

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    30 mins
  • 2024 election special part 3

    2024 election special part 3
    Jun 23 2024
    I do a quick state of the race update, explain why the Conservatives and Lib Dems may do better than Reform on a similar or lower vote share and then look at candidate effects including so called incumbency advantage.

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    41 mins
  • 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