{"podcast":{"title":"Political Fix","slug":"political-fix-742171","podcast_index_feed_id":742171,"rss_url":"http://rss.acast.com/ft-politics","website_url":"https://www.ft.com/uk-politics-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/621e2bca56506f35020e6cd5/1769791083815-eaeb5f0c-5cb5-4447-8945-9798529ae07d.jpeg","author":"Financial Times","episode_count":601,"summary":"The Financial Times takes you into the corridors of power to unwrap, analyse and debate British politics with a regular lineup of FT correspondents and informed commentators. New episodes available every Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T08:26:43.592819+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-fix-742171"},"episode":{"title":"The case for keeping Starmer","slug":"the-case-for-keeping-starmer","published_at":"2026-03-27T12:46:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-fix-742171/the-case-for-keeping-starmer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-fix-742171","url":"https://shows.acast.com/ft-politics/episodes/the-case-for-keeping-starmer","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/ft-politics/e/69c67c1726c1fb9c07ceebf7/media.mp3","summary":"Sir Keir Starmer’s authority is slipping and Westminster is alive with speculation about potential successors. But chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley joins host Lucy Fisher, alongside deputy opinion editor Miranda Green and public policy editor Chris Smyth, to argue why he believes Labour may be better off sticking with Starmer. The panel also discuss the government’s plans to ban political donations in cryptocurrency and cap overseas donations at £100,000 a year. What does it mean for Reform UK, which has been a major beneficiary of overseas donors and crypto donations?  Have a question for the panel? We’re planning a question and answer episode. Email your questions to politicalfix@ft.com Follow Lucy on X: @LOS_Fisher, and Bluesky: @ lucyfisher.ft.com ; Robert: @robertshrimsley and @robertshrimsley.bsky.social; Miranda @greenmiranda and @greenmirandahere.bsky.social; & Chris @Smyth_Chris and @chris-smyth.bsky.social Want more?  The case for keeping Keir Starmer a little longer Starmer set to make Sadiq Khan a Lord   Overseas donations to UK parties to be capped at £100,000   Companies face having to declare individuals behind UK political donations   Net zero is not a zero-sum game   Sign up here for Stephen Bush's morning newsletter Inside Politics for straight-talking insight into the stories that matter, plus puns and tongue (mostly) in cheek. Get 30 days free. Presented by Lucy Fisher. Produced by Nisha Patel. Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Original music and sound engineering by Breen Turner. The broadcast engineer was Bianca Wakeman and Petros Gioumpasis. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s global head of audio. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Sir Keir Starmer’s authority is slipping and Westminster is alive with speculation about potential successors. But chief political commentator Robert Shri…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2258,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/political-fix-742171/episodes/the-case-for-keeping-starmer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-fix-742171/the-case-for-keeping-starmer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}