{"podcast":{"title":"How To Win An Election","slug":"how-to-win-an-election-6656330","podcast_index_feed_id":6656330,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6528fe7e3308660012b7db47","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/how-to-win-an-election","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6528fe7e3308660012b7db47/1779976069272-1392db1b-8435-459e-82f4-b24494eae86f.jpeg","author":"Andrew Alexander","episode_count":139,"summary":"The Times brings together some of the most experienced strategists in British politics to discuss what's really going on behind the big stories, and elections taking place here and around the world. Daniel Finkelstein, Sally Morgan and Polly Mackenzie join Hugo Rifkind for an intelligent, adversarial and witty conversation every week. Follow the podcast now to never miss an episode. Send questions, comments and voicenotes to: howtowin@thetimes.co.uk Executive Producer: Andrew Alexander Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T00:18:35.829618+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-win-an-election-6656330"},"episode":{"title":"How Labour Suffered An Historic Defeat","slug":"how-labour-suffered-an-historic-defeat","published_at":"2026-05-08T17:01:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-win-an-election-6656330/how-labour-suffered-an-historic-defeat","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-win-an-election-6656330","url":"https://shows.acast.com/how-to-win-an-election/episodes/how-labour-suffered-an-historic-defeat","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6528fe7e3308660012b7db47/e/69fe16db668fe6d31f5ad010/media.mp3","summary":"Labour has taken a hammering at elections in England, Scotland and Wales, with Nigel Farage calling it an ‘historic shift in British politics’ - does this add up to the end of the two-party system, and does it add up to the end of Keir Starmer? Sally, Polly, Danny and Hugo explain why things went so badly for the party, how Starmer will respond, and whether the Reform UK leader is going to be the next prime minister. Send your questions, comments and voicenotes to howtowin@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Labour has taken a hammering at elections in England, Scotland and Wales, with Nigel Farage calling it an ‘historic shift in British politics’ - does this…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2472,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-to-win-an-election-6656330/episodes/how-labour-suffered-an-historic-defeat/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-win-an-election-6656330/how-labour-suffered-an-historic-defeat.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}