{"podcast":{"title":"Politics At Sam and Anne's","slug":"politics-at-sam-and-anne-s-6630360","podcast_index_feed_id":6630360,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/politics-at-sam-and-anne/","website_url":"https://politics-at-sam-and-anne.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/91df41b1-59eb-44c1-a565-cdc579013df3/b47e9eb8c86b27dc5353f559f9107c02.jpg","author":"Sky News","episode_count":416,"summary":"Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy with what you need to know about the day ahead in British politics. All in under 20 minutes and in your feed around 7.30am. They're across the key interviews, the main stories and what the parties are saying. Whatever they're talking about, Westminster will be talking about today.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T14:21:13.040866+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-at-sam-and-anne-s-6630360"},"episode":{"title":"Keir’s defences: Has the dam broken?","slug":"keir-s-defences-has-the-dam-broken","published_at":"2026-05-10T11:19:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-at-sam-and-anne-s-6630360/keir-s-defences-has-the-dam-broken","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-at-sam-and-anne-s-6630360","url":"https://politics-at-sam-and-anne.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/11c60caf-5a85-4b85-9154-37b4dba2ac51.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=e0c28668-b961-43cf-8d6c-6ba62ef8a7a3&aw_0_1st.episodeid=11c60caf-5a85-4b85-9154-37b4dba2ac51","summary":"Is anyone really prepared to put their head above the parapet to challenge Keir Starmer? After a disastrous set of election results, Labour backbencher Catherine West has launched a stalking-horse threat to force the Prime Minister out. But, with rival camps in disarray and would-be successors staying silent, will the cabinet unite around a successor or fracture even further? In this special debrief edition of Politics at Sam and Anne’s , the duo reveal who’s talking to who and whether Labour can stop the chaos before it spirals out of control. Elsewhere, as the SNP and Plaid Cymru look likely to lead the devolved administrations will the state of the union be put into further question.","meta_description":"Is anyone really prepared to put their head above the parapet to challenge Keir Starmer? After a disastrous set of election results, Labour backbencher Ca…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1617,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/politics-at-sam-and-anne-s-6630360/episodes/keir-s-defences-has-the-dam-broken/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-at-sam-and-anne-s-6630360/keir-s-defences-has-the-dam-broken.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}