NEW POD: THE ART OF THE TV DEBATE

With just days to go before the first TV debate, I've looked back at the history of debates and asked how politicians go about winning them:

With:

Julie Etchingham
Joe Pike
Sean Kemp
Nigel Farage
John Ryley

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SURPRISE! Inside the great Tory scramble:

— Tory drinking spot 'like a wake' at election news
— Donors not coming forward
— Senior party people incl Richard Holden asking associations for money (CCHQ denies)
— No mayoral candidates persuaded to stand

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On this week’s episode of our Westminster Insider podcast, host Aggie Chambre looks back at the history of debates in the UK and asks how politicians go about winning them.
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NEW: Politico's rolling policy tracker for the two main parties in the general election

I'm following positions / announcements / Q&As since I can't get out on the trail

Labour here: politico.eu/article/uk-ele…

Tories here: politico.eu/article/uk-ele…

🚨 IN PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT ...

💰 I finally managed to ask Rishi Sunak about his failure to replace the No.10 anti-corruption adviser. The suggestion was one isn't needed as govt is on top of corruption 🤔

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Ally of Abbott tells Stefan Boscia
she had offered to “stand down with dignity” after having the whip restored, and was completely blindsided by The Times and The Sunday Times story saying she was barred. “These schoolboys in the party couldn’t even let her have her moment. It’s unkind and unfair.”

BIG READ: The great jobs battle if Labour wins the election 🧵

There’s a legal limit of 109 ministers that can receive government salaries. But Labour has 131 equivalent shadow ministers. Keir Starmer faces having to disappoint a few of his top team

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Tory MP: “He’s just too rich — regardless of his political judgment, people will just tend to think ‘he isn’t on our side’.”

Why, despite breeziness on both sides about it, Sunak's wealth could count against him: politico.eu/article/uk-pm-…

🎧This week, Westminster Insider asks - Can Fleet Street still win it?

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Got election fever? Check out Aggie Chambre's brilliant POLITICOEurope pod asking if Keir Starmer will seek Rupert Murdoch's endorsement - and if he should. With fascinating insights from:
David Yelland
Beth Rigby
Neil Kinnock,
Andy Coulson
Lee Cain

🚨NEW (ELECTION SPECIAL) PODCAST: The media and the UK election: Can Fleet Street still win it? With:

Beth Rigby
Lee Cain
David Yelland
Andy Coulson
Neil Kinnock

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Our amazing election live blog is up and running! Read all the latest updates from our Playbookers and the rest of the POLITICOEurope team here: politico.eu/article/uk-gen…

Why'd he go and do that? My latest for @politicoeu on the reasons Rishi Sunak pulled a surprise July election on us: politico.eu/article/uk-ele…

This is such a great pod from Sascha O'Sullivan - who investigates the high political drama behind nerdy stuff like the BoE MOC, interest rates and QE, with the help of an all star line-up. POLITICOEurope

NEW: I went to Japan, ate loads of noodles and wrote about how post-Trump & post-Brexit the UK and Japan have become best buds

Featuring Alessio Patalano, 小林 麻紀　KOBAYASHI MAKI, Yuichi Hosoya　細谷雄一, Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, James Cartlidge MP 🇬🇧 🇺🇦, Nigel Farage, Kazuto Suzuki and tons more

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Another brilliant POLITICOEurope Westminster Insider pod from Aggie Chambre, this one on how to run a secret Tory leadership contest, featuring Rt Hon Nadine Dorries Adam Jones Lucia Hodgson and the great Michael Heseltine podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how…

🚨NEW PODCAST
How to prepare a secret Tory leadership campaign

- Nadine Dorries
- Adam Jones
- Michael Heseltine
- Lucia Hodgson

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Trump is so wrong on congestion pricing, writes Rosa Prince from London.

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My latest for CNN Opinion - why New Yorkers - and Donald Trump - have nothing to fear from congestion pricing: cnn.com/2024/05/09/opi…