# Conservative cleavage Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/democracy-sausage-with-mark-kenny-877084/conservative-cleavage Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/democracy-sausage-with-mark-kenny-877084/conservative-cleavage.md Podcast: [Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny](https://stenobird.com/podcast/democracy-sausage-with-mark-kenny-877084) Published: 2026-02-18T00:08:41+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/democracy-sausage/episodes/conservative-cleavage Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/democracy-sausage/e/6994f40fc4b7a0510c7a7631/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/democracy-sausage-with-mark-kenny-877084/episodes/conservative-cleavage Duration seconds: 3663 ## Resource How long does Angus Taylor and the Liberal party have to redefine themselves in a changed electoral landscape? Can the major parties develop serious policy in the era of grievance politics? What is ‘cross-cutting cleavage’? With a new opposition leader and the return of Nationals to the shadow cabinet, Intifar Chowdhury and Richard Denniss join Democracy Sausage to discuss the rocky path ahead for mainstream conservative politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/democracy-sausage-with-mark-kenny-877084/episodes/conservative-cleavage/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/democracy-sausage-with-mark-kenny-877084/conservative-cleavage.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.