{"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 Energy Shock Helps Starmer Survive","slug":"how-the-energy-shock-helps-starmer-survive","published_at":"2026-04-02T12:58:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-win-an-election-6656330/how-the-energy-shock-helps-starmer-survive","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-energy-shock-helps-starmer-survive","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6528fe7e3308660012b7db47/e/69ce6805f57702d2d9fd0cf4/media.mp3","summary":"There's an arms race under way as the parties make competing offers to help with the rising cost of living. Is anyone cutting through to the voters? And as Keir Starmer's rivals consider whether to move against him after May's elections, Danny argues that the looming economic crisis makes it a bad time for them to act. We also find out why Sally introduced 'garish posters and loud music' to Downing Street, and Polly holds forth about barbecues. Send your questions, comments and voicenotes to howtowin@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"There's an arms race under way as the parties make competing offers to help with the rising cost of living. Is anyone cutting through to the voters? And a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2419,"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-energy-shock-helps-starmer-survive/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-energy-shock-helps-starmer-survive.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}