{"podcast":{"title":"The News Agents","slug":"the-news-agents-5644592","podcast_index_feed_id":5644592,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-news-agents/","website_url":"https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/58f6e4cb-452b-498a-aa9f-f2712f51923b/BwI612Bfc8clOS-joY07s7rz.jpg","author":"Global","episode_count":1172,"summary":"Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall – three of the UK’s top journalists – host an award-winning daily news podcast: The News Agents. They’re not just here to tell you what's happening, but why. Expect astute analysis and explanation of the day's news – and a healthy dose of scepticism and the ability to laugh at it all when needed. Episodes are available every weekday afternoon. You can listen to The News Agents on Alexa, just say \"Alexa ask Global Player to play The News Agents\" The News Agents is a Global Player Original podcast. For advertising opportunities on this podcast, email: GlobalStudiosSales@global.com You can visit our website here https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T04:19:35.907561+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-agents-5644592"},"episode":{"title":"Election Special: Is it change or die for Labour?","slug":"election-special-is-it-change-or-die-for-labour","published_at":"2026-05-08T16:12:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-agents-5644592/election-special-is-it-change-or-die-for-labour","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-agents-5644592","url":"https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c7f6f424-92d0-4a74-bb24-6afa7d5f66b0.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=c49390b9-6909-4cd3-a974-e270cf686f27&aw_0_1st.episodeid=c7f6f424-92d0-4a74-bb24-6afa7d5f66b0","summary":"The morning after elections, political parties send their leaders out to areas where they outperformed expectations to try and sell a narrative about their results, even on the bruising nights. Such was the scale of Labour's defeat that for much of the night, it wasn't clear whether there was anywhere they could send Starmer. Eventually, he headed to Ealing where Labour kept control of the council. In West London, Starmer insisted he isn't \"going to walk away\". He acknowledged that \"voters have sent a message about the pace of change\". But isn't that message that they would like a Reform government? Isn't it at the very least that they do not want him to remain in Downing Street? Where does Labour go from here - and is Nigel Farage now measuring the curtains in 10 Downing Street? Later, Luke Tryl on the complete collapse of the two party system. The News Agents is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://www.hsbc.co.uk/","meta_description":"The morning after elections, political parties send their leaders out to areas where they outperformed expectations to try and sell a narrative about thei…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3065,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-news-agents-5644592/episodes/election-special-is-it-change-or-die-for-labour/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-agents-5644592/election-special-is-it-change-or-die-for-labour.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}