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Electoral Dysfunction

Electoral Dysfunction

4 episodes

Political powerhouses Beth Rigby, Ruth Davidson and Harriet Harman unite to unravel the spin and explain what’s really going on in Westminster and beyond.

Every episode, they will examine politicians, what they stand for and how they sell polices as UK politics enters a new era.

They will work out which politicians are coming out on top and who is having an Electoral Dysfunction – and what it all actually means for you.

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Tory leadership race: Why its been a good week for James Cleverly

Published: Oct. 4, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 34 seconds

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Beth's Starmer interview debriefed

Published: Sept. 27, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 3 seconds

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Should Starmer say sorry for his freebies?

Published: Sept. 20, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 27 seconds

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Is this the end of MPs presenting TV shows?

Published: Sept. 13, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 32 seconds

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How a Tory leadership hopeful once hacked Harriet Harman

Published: Sept. 6, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 29 seconds

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Starmer ends summer early... and Harriet Harman joins our line-up

Published: Aug. 30, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 37 seconds

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'Answer The Question!' - Is the chancellor telling us everything?

Published: Aug. 23, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 9 seconds

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Moving on from the riots (with Thangam Debbonaire)

Published: Aug. 16, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 56 seconds

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'Answer the Question! with Harriet Harman - Labour's wait for a female leader

Published: Aug. 9, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 23 seconds

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'Answer The Question! - Reasons to be hopeful with Jon Ashworth

Published: Aug. 2, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 5 seconds

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Are the Labour rebels totally out of order?

Published: July 26, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 54 seconds

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We've got some news!

Published: July 23, 2024, 11:50 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 36 seconds

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Has Keir Starmer reset Britain's relationship with the world?

Published: July 19, 2024, 3:02 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 22 seconds

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Jess Phillips gets a promotion

Published: July 12, 2024, 9:12 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 24 seconds

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The election debrief

Published: July 5, 2024, 9:51 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 51 seconds

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What to watch out for and how to prepare for election night

Published: July 2, 2024, 5:33 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 26 seconds

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Interviewing the PM and loving PMQs with Rylan

Published: June 28, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 3 seconds

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Does the prime minister's partner have to have a role?

Published: June 25, 2024, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 4 seconds

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What are the odds a betting scandal sinks the Tories?

Published: June 21, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 54 seconds

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Do you accept defeat in the middle of a campaign?

Published: June 18, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 6 seconds

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Behind the scenes of The Battle for Number 10

Published: June 14, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 33 seconds

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How do you recover from a political car crash?

Published: June 11, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 41 seconds

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What could be in the party manifestos?

Published: June 7, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 14 seconds

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How do leaders prepare for TV election debates?

Published: June 4, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 34 seconds

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Extra ED: Beth interviews Angela Rayner

Published: May 31, 2024, 10:43 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 30 seconds

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Will Diane Abbott stand for Labour? And pets named after politicians.

Published: May 29, 2024, 2 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 26 seconds

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'It's on - what will the 2024 election be like?'

Published: May 23, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 15 seconds

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Was this the week the election campaign really started?

Published: May 17, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 41 seconds

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'A punch in the gut': The defection of Natalie Elphicke

Published: May 10, 2024, 4:50 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 48 seconds

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Elections debrief: Sunak survives? Starmer solid?

Published: May 3, 2024, 4:57 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 51 seconds

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A reset week for Rishi but what will the local elections bring?

Published: April 26, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes

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The Mark Menzies claims. And what makes a good foreign secretary?

Published: April 19, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 6 seconds

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The Grindr honeytrap fallout - and do Labour poll leads do them more harm than good?

Published: April 12, 2024, 4 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 17 seconds

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"Answer The Question!" - PMQs, Parliament tea, and the online election

Published: April 5, 2024, 5 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 52 seconds

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Where do royalty and politics meet?

Published: March 28, 2024, 6 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 8 seconds

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Rishi Sunak: embattled or beleaguered?

Published: March 22, 2024, 6 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 36 seconds

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Diane Abbott row and Lee Anderson defects - what's it all telling us about the state of politics?

Published: March 15, 2024, 6 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 2 seconds

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The 'meh' budget and Trump on top

Published: March 8, 2024, 6 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes

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Electoral Dysfunction: People in this country feel like nothing works: Is it time the country went to the polls?

Published: March 1, 2024, 5:15 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 53 seconds

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Teaser: Could the next Tory leader actually be really obvious?

Published: Feb. 23, 2024, 6 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 33 seconds

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Electoral Dysfunction: How do you get politics and people to connect?

Published: Feb. 6, 2024, 9:50 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 31 seconds

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Introducing Patient 11

Published: Feb. 1, 2024, 1:23 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 7 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Iain Anderson

Published: July 21, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 54 seconds

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NHS at 75 | Steve Barclay and Wes Streeting

Published: July 7, 2023, 11:05 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 3 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Irvine Welsh

Published: June 30, 2023, 12:58 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 10 seconds

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Rishi Sunaks personal pledge to bring down inflation and David Furnish on his fight to eradicate AIDS

Published: June 23, 2023, 10:45 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 11 seconds

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Beth Rigby on Boris Johnson misleading parliament, plus an interview with Dame Wendy Hall

Published: June 16, 2023, 10:38 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 5 seconds

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Braverman speeding row, migration figures and guests Nigel Farage and Yvette Cooper

Published: May 26, 2023, 11:19 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 26 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews.... Rishi Sunak

Published: May 19, 2023, 11:40 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 43 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Keir Starmer and Russian journalist turned dissident Marina Ovsyannikova

Published: May 12, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 42 seconds

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Raab fallout with Lord Simon McDonald, plus Aston Villas Christian Purslow

Published: April 28, 2023, noon
Duration: 32 minutes 17 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Hillary Clinton

Published: April 21, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 28 seconds

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Labours David Lammy, new Scottish First Minister and migration crisis

Published: March 31, 2023, noon
Duration: 32 minutes 33 seconds

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Boris Johnson 'on the BBQ, Rishi Sunaks tax return and Nicola Sturgeons legacy

Published: March 24, 2023, noon
Duration: 38 minutes 39 seconds

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The budget, TikTok, Gary Lineker - and guest Liam Neeson

Published: March 17, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 54 seconds

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Alex Salmond on the SNPs future, plus Windsor Framework not yet a slam dunk

Published: March 3, 2023, 2:30 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 47 seconds

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Starmers mission, Sunaks protocol plan and the Briton captured by Russian forces

Published: Feb. 24, 2023, 1:06 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 7 seconds

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Beth Rigby on Raab and Zahawi. Plus, guest Mike Pompeo

Published: Feb. 3, 2023, 3:20 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 39 seconds

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Rishi Sunaks reaction to Nadhim Zahawi... And guest Archbishop of Canterbury

Published: Jan. 27, 2023, 12:05 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 39 seconds

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What's Boris Johnson doing? And guest Lord Winston

Published: Jan. 20, 2023, 11:45 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes

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Beth Rigby on a new political year, strikes, the NHS crisis - and Angela Rayner

Published: Jan. 13, 2023, 11:47 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 52 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Sajid Javid

Published: Dec. 16, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 45 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews.... Wendy Sherman

Published: Dec. 9, 2022, noon
Duration: 22 minutes 51 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Jeremy Hunt

Published: Nov. 25, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 6 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Lord McDonald

Published: Nov. 11, 2022, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 20 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Sir Lindsay Hoyle. Plus Braverman, Sunak and Hancock

Published: Nov. 4, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 39 seconds

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Beth Rigby on Liz Truss' week. Plus, an interview with Priti Patel

Published: Oct. 13, 2022, 7:20 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 36 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Published: Oct. 8, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 8 seconds

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Are the Conservatives in a better place after their conference?

Published: Oct. 6, 2022, 6:01 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 37 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Liz Truss

Published: Oct. 4, 2022, 1:36 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 20 seconds

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Pressure on the PM, Starmers moment and Liverpools Jordan Henderson

Published: Sept. 30, 2022, 7 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 20 seconds

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Sunak v Truss.. plus an interview with Keir Starmer

Published: July 22, 2022, 10:01 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 4 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Penny Mordaunt

Published: July 15, 2022, 2:10 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 2 seconds

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Beth Rigby's take on Boris Johnson's resignation

Published: July 8, 2022, 10:20 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 34 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Gordon Brown

Published: June 30, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 14 seconds

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Beth Rigby interviews... Vice President of the European Commission Maros Sefcovic

Published: June 16, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 38 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Emma Thompson and Katharine Birbalsingh

Published: June 9, 2022, 10:55 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 7 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews.... Jacob Rees-Mogg

Published: May 26, 2022, 9:28 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 3 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Sean Paul and Julianne Smith

Published: May 20, 2022, 6:05 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 43 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Vladimir Chizhov and Kwajo Tweneboa

Published: May 12, 2022, 10 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 35 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews...Tina Brown

Published: May 5, 2022, 9:05 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 43 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Fiona Hill

Published: April 28, 2022, 10:15 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 47 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Matt Hancock and Alyssa Carson

Published: April 21, 2022, 8:45 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 12 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Dame Kate Bingham

Published: April 7, 2022, 9:27 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 30 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Vitali Klitschko

Published: March 31, 2022, 9:51 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 48 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Rishi Sunak and Anoosheh Ashoori

Published: March 25, 2022, 12:10 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 14 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Gary Neville

Published: March 17, 2022, 11:26 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 18 seconds

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Beth Rigby Interviews... Boris Johnson

Published: March 10, 2022, 11:31 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 39 seconds

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Introducing the Beth Rigby Interviews... podcast

Published: March 9, 2022, 4:34 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds

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