<description>&lt;p&gt;Rob and Tom discuss their favourite thing, a General Election! The biggest actual poll there is…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;TOPICS&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [0:00] Intro&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [1:39] We Had a General Election&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [4:08] The Labour Party&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [18:48] The Conservative Party&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [31:37] The Liberal Democrats&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [46:08] Reform&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [1:01:38] The Greens&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [1:11:10] The SNP&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [1:17:34] Wales&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [1:25:34] Outro&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.patreon.com/ttss"&gt;Support all TTSS shows on Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SHOWNOTES&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/results"&gt;BBC - UK General election 2024 Results&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/6hCFSHT"&gt;Join us on Discord!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DISCUSS&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Unparliamentary/"&gt;Reddit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/unparlpodcast"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/unparliamentarylanguage/"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ATTRIBUTION&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Recording engineer: &lt;a target="" href="https://ecastr.com"&gt;Ennuicastr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under &lt;a target="" href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"&gt;CC0 1.0&lt;/a&gt;) with Big Ben Chimes (By &lt;a target="" href="https://freesound.org/people/hyderpotter/"&gt;hyderpotter&lt;/a&gt; under &lt;a target="" href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"&gt;CC0 1.0&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Main Image: &lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/number10gov/53836633106"&gt;Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer arrives at Number 10 Downing St&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/number10gov"&gt;Number 10&lt;/a&gt; under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/"&gt;CC BY-NC-ND 2.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Rob and Tom discuss their favourite thing, a General Election! The biggest actual poll there is…

712: General Election 2024 in Review

<description>&lt;p&gt;Rob and Tom discuss the 2024 General Election Manifestos for the 3 main parties (Part 2 of 2)…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;TOPICS&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [0:00] Intro&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [1:16] Lib Dem Manifesto &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [18:28] Conservative Manifesto&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [36:02] Labour Manifesto &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [54:00] Quick Polls Update&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [1:00:35] Outro&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.patreon.com/ttss"&gt;Support all TTSS shows on Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SHOWNOTES&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cpml2v678pxt"&gt;The Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqeevzldj0jo"&gt;Lib Dem manifesto: 11 key policies explained - BBC News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgglmwwlggo"&gt;- Conservative manifesto 2024: 12 key policies analysed - BBC News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyxx1lq50nlo"&gt;- Labour manifesto 2024: 12 key policies analysed - BBC News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/prediction_main.html"&gt;Electoral Calculus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/united-kingdom/"&gt;Politico Poll of Polls&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/6hCFSHT"&gt;Join us on Discord!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DISCUSS&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Unparliamentary/"&gt;Reddit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/unparlpodcast"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/unparliamentarylanguage/"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ATTRIBUTION&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Recording engineer: &lt;a target="" href="https://ecastr.com"&gt;Ennuicastr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under &lt;a target="" href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"&gt;CC0 1.0&lt;/a&gt;) with Big Ben Chimes (By &lt;a target="" href="https://freesound.org/people/hyderpotter/"&gt;hyderpotter&lt;/a&gt; under &lt;a target="" href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"&gt;CC0 1.0&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Main Image: Keir Starmer at the Labour Manifesto Launch&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Rob and Tom discuss the 2024 General Election Manifestos for the 3 main parties

Rob and Tom discuss the 2024 General Election Manifestos for the 3 main parties (Part 2 of 2)…

711: General Election Manifestos 2024

<description>&lt;p&gt;Rob and Tom discuss the run up to the 2024 General Election (Part 1 of 2)…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;TOPICS&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [0:00] Intro&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [2:30] General Election Feelings&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [24:55] Labour’s Campaigning&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [34:01] Outro&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.patreon.com/ttss"&gt;Support all TTSS shows on Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SHOWNOTES&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cpml2v678pxt"&gt;The Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlgIo1HHyYk"&gt;Evan Edinger on Political TikToks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/prediction_main.html"&gt;Electoral Calculus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/united-kingdom/"&gt;Politico Poll of Polls&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/6hCFSHT"&gt;Join us on Discord!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DISCUSS&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Unparliamentary/"&gt;Reddit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/unparlpodcast"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/unparliamentarylanguage/"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ATTRIBUTION&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Recording engineer: &lt;a target="" href="https://ecastr.com"&gt;Ennuicastr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under &lt;a target="" href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"&gt;CC0 1.0&lt;/a&gt;) with Big Ben Chimes (By &lt;a target="" href="https://freesound.org/people/hyderpotter/"&gt;hyderpotter&lt;/a&gt; under &lt;a target="" href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"&gt;CC0 1.0&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Main Image: Ed Davey having a whale of a time&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Rob and Tom discuss the run up to the 2024 General Election (Part 1 of 2)…

710: General Election 2024 So Far...

<description>&lt;p&gt;Rob and Tom discuss a whole load of local elections and what might be in store for the (now announced) General Election…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;TOPICS&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [0:00] Intro&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [4:05] By-Elections&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [10:06] Local Council Elections&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [27:57] Mayoral Elections&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [47:12] Police and Crime Commissioners&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [48:48] Quick Polls Update&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- [56:17] Outro&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.patreon.com/ttss"&gt;Support all TTSS shows on Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SHOWNOTES&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cpml2v678pxt"&gt;The Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8v36l6d54do"&gt;BBC: Local election results in maps and charts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_local_elections"&gt;- 2024 United Kingdom local elections&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Blackpool_South_by-election"&gt;- 2024 Blackpool South by-election&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2024/hss/sadiq-khan-on-track-for-third-term-as-london-mayor--but-nearly-half-of-londoners-dissatisfied-with-performance.html"&gt;- Sadiq Khan on track for third term as London mayor – but nearly half of Londoners dissatisfied with performance&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/prediction_main.html"&gt;Electoral Calculus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/united-kingdom/"&gt;Politico Poll of Polls&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/6hCFSHT"&gt;Join us on Discord!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DISCUSS&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Unparliamentary/"&gt;Reddit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/unparlpodcast"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/unparliamentarylanguage/"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ATTRIBUTION&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Recording engineer: &lt;a target="" href="https://ecastr.com"&gt;Ennuicastr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under &lt;a target="" href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"&gt;CC0 1.0&lt;/a&gt;) with Big Ben Chimes (By &lt;a target="" href="https://freesound.org/people/hyderpotter/"&gt;hyderpotter&lt;/a&gt; under &lt;a target="" href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"&gt;CC0 1.0&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Main Image: &lt;a href="https://x.com/CountBinface/status/1787184819530596404/photo/1"&gt;Count Binface via Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Rob and Tom discuss a whole load of local elections...

Rob and Tom discuss a whole load of local elections and what might be in store for the (now announced) General Election…

709: Local Elections 2024

<description>&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Rob and Tom discuss a grab bag of headlines and how the polls are looking for Rishi Sunak…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;TOPICS&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- [0:00] Intro&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- [1:27] Budget 2024&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- [15:32] Lee Anderson &amp;amp; Reform UK&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- [29:56] How is Rishi’s Leadership Faring?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- [36:22] When is the General Election going to be?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- [43:50] Poll Update&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- [47:33] Outro&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/ttss" target="_blank"&gt;Support all TTSS shows on Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;SHOWNOTES&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cpml2v678pxt"&gt;The Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68359756"&gt;Spring Budget&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1769773697999450246"&gt;Polling Tweet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_local_elections"&gt;2024 Local Elections&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/prediction_main.html"&gt;Electoral Calculus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/united-kingdom/"&gt;Politico Poll of Polls&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- &lt;a href="https://discord.gg/6hCFSHT" target="_blank"&gt;Join us on Discord!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;DISCUSS&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Unparliamentary/" target="_blank"&gt;Reddit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/unparlpodcast" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/unparliamentarylanguage/" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;ATTRIBUTION&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- Recording engineer: &lt;a href="https://ecastr.com" target=""&gt;Ennuicastr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" target=""&gt;CC0 1.0&lt;/a&gt;) with Big Ben Chimes (By &lt;a href="https://freesound.org/people/hyderpotter/" target=""&gt;hyderpotter&lt;/a&gt; under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" target=""&gt;CC0 1.0&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;- Main Image: &lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/conservativeparty/53644673481/"&gt;Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visit to Horsham&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/conservativeparty/"&gt;The Conservative Party&lt;/a&gt; under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/"&gt;CC BY-NC-ND 2.0&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Rob and Tom discuss a grab bag of headlines and how the polls are looking for Rishi Sunak…

708: Have the Tories Lost the Plot, Or Will the Plotters Take Top Spot?

Rob and Tom dissect the British political landscape.

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