{"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... The Elections Were Won And Lost: Michael Heseltine","slug":"how-the-elections-were-won-and-lost-michael-heseltine","published_at":"2026-05-28T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-win-an-election-6656330/how-the-elections-were-won-and-lost-michael-heseltine","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-the-elections-were-won-and-lost-michael-heseltine","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6528fe7e3308660012b7db47/e/6a10676842bb55037b4a56d5/media.mp3","summary":"Former cabinet minister, former deputy prime minister, big beast of the Tory jungle - Lord Heseltine joins us for our series looking at how the most significant elections of our lifetimes were won, and how they were lost. He takes us back to the 1983 general election. Margaret Thatcher was fresh from victory in the Falklands, Labour offered voters the 'longest suicide vote in history', and the polls suggested the SDP-Liberal Alliance could break the old two-party system. If you enjoyed this episode, listen to more in the series: Nick Clegg and 2010 William Hague and 2005 Neil Kinnock and 1992 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Former cabinet minister, former deputy prime minister, big beast of the Tory jungle - Lord Heseltine joins us for our series looking at how the most signi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2609,"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-the-elections-were-won-and-lost-michael-heseltine/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-the-elections-were-won-and-lost-michael-heseltine.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}