How To Win An Election

The Times brings together some of the most experienced strategists in British politics to discuss what's really going on behind the big stories, and elections taking place here and around the world.


Daniel Finkelstein, Sally Morgan and Polly Mackenzie join Hugo Rifkind for an intelligent, adversarial and witty conversation every week.


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    Jan 28, 2025 – 41:11
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    Jan 14, 2025 – 41:53
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    Dec 3, 2024 – 41:13
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    Nov 12, 2024 – 44:30
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    Nov 5, 2024 – 44:28
  • How To Avoid A Budget Blunder
    Oct 29, 2024 – 42:37
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    Oct 22, 2024 – 54:18
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    Jul 16, 2024 – 37:42
  • How To Whip Your New MPs
    Jul 9, 2024 – 39:49
  • EMERGENCY EPISODE: How To Win The NEXT Election
    Jul 5, 2024 – 47:07
  • How To Stay Up For Truss
    Jul 2, 2024 – 37:02
  • Q&A: How To Replace Joe Biden
    Jun 28, 2024 – 23:47
  • How Not To Talk About Brexit
    Jun 25, 2024 – 40:22
  • Q&A: How Not To Bet On Politics
    Jun 21, 2024 – 23:15
  • How To Oppose A Supermajority
    Jun 18, 2024 – 38:01
  • Q&A: How Starmer Is Measuring The Curtains
    Jun 14, 2024 – 23:35
  • How Trump Will Win
    Jun 11, 2024 – 41:31
  • Q&A: How To Get D-Day Wrong
    Jun 7, 2024 – 23:14
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    Jun 4, 2024 – 39:41
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    May 28, 2024 – 49:50
  • EMERGENCY EPISODE: How To Call An Election!
    May 22, 2024 – 28:14
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    May 21, 2024 – 41:04
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    May 14, 2024 – 41:15
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    May 7, 2024 – 40:08
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    May 3, 2024 – 47:07
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    Apr 30, 2024 – 39:54
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    Apr 23, 2024 – 42:51
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    Apr 16, 2024 – 40:05
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    Apr 2, 2024 – 50:18
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