{"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 Mandelson-Starmer saga stumbles on","slug":"the-mandelson-starmer-saga-stumbles-on","published_at":"2026-04-24T11:57:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-fix-742171/the-mandelson-starmer-saga-stumbles-on","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/political-fix-742171","url":"https://shows.acast.com/ft-politics/episodes/the-mandelson-starmer-saga-stumbles-on","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/ft-politics/e/69eb5a94d2febdbec94c9299/media.mp3","summary":"The rolling drama over the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson as US ambassador is eating the government alive, with more committee hearings coming next week and crucial elections for Labour on May 7. This week’s host Miranda Green discusses the cost of the Mandelson saga for Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership with deputy political editor Jim Pickard, political correspondent Anna Gross and public policy editor Chris Smyth. Plus, the panel debates Ed Miliband’s electricity announcement, Reform’s new plan for mass deportations, and a booming but dysfunctional market in business courses.  Follow: Miranda: @greenmiranda and @greenmirandahere.bsky.social; Jim: @PickardJE and @pickardje.bsky.social, Anna: @AnnaSophieGross and annasophiegross.bsky.social Chris: @Smyth_Chris and @chris-smyth.bsky.social Want more?   Cabinet Office head says Olly Robbins refused to give her Mandelson vetting documents Starmer’s political woes deepen as Mandelson scandal saps his authority  Sadiq Khan: Labour risks being ‘stonked’ in London elections Business degrees are booming in the UK. Who is profiting? How many people would Reform UK deport? Economic pessimism plagues UK youth Ed Miliband unveils move to delink UK gas and electricity prices  Plus, send in your questions for a special Political Fix Q&A episode right after the local elections on Monday May 11. Email: political fix@ft.com 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 views. Get 30 days free. Political Fix is presented by Miranda Green and produced by Clare Williamson. The executive producers are Manuela Saragosa and Edwin Lane. Mixing and original music by Breen Turner. The FT’s h…","meta_description":"The rolling drama over the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson as US ambassador is eating the government alive, with more committee hearings coming next w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2246,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/political-fix-742171/episodes/the-mandelson-starmer-saga-stumbles-on/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-mandelson-starmer-saga-stumbles-on.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}