The Downtown Den Politics Podcast
The Downtown Den politics podcast is a weekly commentary on all the latest news from the world of politics. Hosted by Downtown in Business CEO and Group Chairman, Frank McKenna and Downtown’s Political Editor Jim Hancock with regular guests from across the political spectrum.
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Episodes
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
The polls are not shifting- in fact they are getting worse for Rishi Sunak and the Conservatives. With just over two weeks to go before polling day, Is there anything the Tories can do to prevent the predicted wipe out?
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Monday Jun 10, 2024
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Rachel Reeves called him a liar, Penny Mordaunt said he was completely wrong, Nadine Dorries said he should resign. And Nigel Farage is back. Its been the week from hell for Rishi Sunak - can he possibly recover?
Far right and populist parties have enjoyed a surge of support in the European elections- what are the implications? And closer to home, the end of an era, as Joanne Roney swaps Manchester for Birmingham.
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Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Why did Rishi Sunak call the election, why do the Tories hate young people? Why did Keir Starmer get himself into such a mess over Diane Abbott? Why did Ed Davey end up in the shit? And why, oh why, oh why did Nigel Farage appear on BBC's Question Time last week? Welcome to the Downtown Den politics podcast.
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Friday May 24, 2024
Friday May 24, 2024
With an exquisite sense of timing Downtown's Managing Director and chair of the Downtown Den podcast is not here. While Rishi Sunak was getting drenched in Downing Street announcing the General Election, our Frank was getting ready to slap on the sun cream in Florida.
So in the absence of Florida Frank it is left to Jim Hancock and Jo Phillips to comment on the opening of the campaign and asking why the Prime Minister did it.
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Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
Prime ministers pledges, porn stars and polls. Welcome to the latest Downtown Den politics podcast.
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Monday May 13, 2024
Monday May 13, 2024
A controversial defection from the Tories to Labour, an upturn in the economy, and a new, old leader for the SNP. Plus, could global conflict actually be good news for the Conservatives electoral chances? Welcome to the Downtown Den politics podcast.
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Monday May 06, 2024
Monday May 06, 2024
After a flying visit to Tees Valley, where Ben Houchen had secured another term as Tory mayor, the prime minister went to bed on Friday evening dreaming of a similar success for Andy Street in the West Midlands- and there were even rumours that the Conservatives could steal an unlikely victory in London!
However, less than 24 hours later, Rishi Sunak’s dreams had turned to dust. Sadiq Khan won an historic third term in the capital - and Labours Richard Parker had narrowly defeated Street in Birmingham.
Combined with the loss of almost 500 council seats, and a huge reversal in the Blackpool South parliamentary by-election, by Sunday morning the PM was waking up to a lecture from Suella Braverman.
Two sleeps is a long time in politics...
What next for Sunak and the Tory Party?
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Monday Apr 29, 2024
Monday Apr 29, 2024
On Thursday (2nd May 2024), voters in England go to the polls to elect more than 2600 councillors and ten metro mayors, in what will be the last set of local elections and mayoral contests before the general election. If things go very badly for the Tories, then Rishi Sunak's leadership will once again be called into question by a sizable minority of conservative MPs at Westminster.
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