This podcast tells the story of classic British General Elections. Starting in the 1950s the podcast introduces the main participants, traces the progress of the campaign, discusses how the election was covered by the press, isolates and explains the key issues and analyses the results. What can the experience of past general elections teach today's politicians, and voters? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes
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26 min
1951 Opening manoeuvres of the election
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 Hosted on Ac…
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37 min
1951 Election part 2
Attlee calls an early election as George VI has a lung removed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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39 min
Election 2024 special - final day
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor…
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30 min
2024 Election special part 4
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast…
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41 min
2024 election special part 3
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 incl…
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45 min
2024 election special part 2
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 expl…
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56 min
2024 Election special
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 e…
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52 min
1951 Election Part 1
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 Hosted on Acast. S…
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45 min
1950 Election Part 7
Swings throughout the country, bias in the election and a brief discussion about the consequences of the election Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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40 min
1950 Election Part 6
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 p…
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43 min
1950 Election Part 5
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…
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29 min
1950 election Part 4
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'…
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35 min
1950 Election part 3
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…
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39 min
1950 Election Part 2
The two major parties release their manifestos. I explain that contrary to some rather glib generalisations, the parties were actually not as close together as is sometimes suggest…
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40 min
1950 Election Part 1
Opening manoeuvres of the 1950 Election Campaign Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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1 h 11
INTRO 2 - Labour 1945-50 in Government
In this second intro episode I take a deep dive into the Labour Government of 1945-50. I discuss some of the key issues that are going to return for the 1950 election Hosted on Aca…
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39 min
Episode 1 - Introduction & Conservative 1930s
In this episode I outline what this podcast is all about and give the first introductory episode, an explanation of the collapse of the Tory hegemony of the interwar period Hosted…