{"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":"The story behind Britain’s sanctions blunder","slug":"the-story-behind-britain-s-sanctions-blunder","published_at":"2026-05-21T06:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/politics-at-sam-and-anne-s-6630360/the-story-behind-britain-s-sanctions-blunder","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/f76e0660-82a0-4a89-996b-4e264227adc4.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=e0c28668-b961-43cf-8d6c-6ba62ef8a7a3&aw_0_1st.episodeid=f76e0660-82a0-4a89-996b-4e264227adc4","summary":"The Starmer government has made another blunder after it emerged that sanctions are being relaxed on Russian oil processed through third countries. As a political row unfolded, Sam and Anne discuss the fallout. Plus, Westminster is buzzing with rumours of a possible Labour coronation before the summer. If events moved quickly, what might an Andy Burnham cabinet look like? Sam and Anne discuss the possible contenders for Chancellor and whether Labour could end up with a new Foreign Secretary. And as speculation grows over what Burnham’s agenda as Prime Minister might be, two of Labour’s most difficult dividing lines are back in focus: single-sex spaces and assisted dying.","meta_description":"The Starmer government has made another blunder after it emerged that sanctions are being relaxed on Russian oil processed through third countries. As a p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1150,"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/the-story-behind-britain-s-sanctions-blunder/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/the-story-behind-britain-s-sanctions-blunder.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}