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Can Keir Starmer learn anything from the Democrats' defeat in the presidential election, or are the UK and the US too different to draw comparisons?
Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day with Jane Mulkerrins and playwright Jonathan Maitland
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Donald Trump's victory might be a bitter pull for liberals around the world to swallow, but they can't avoid his overwhelming success at the ballot box.
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Matthew Parris and Lara Spirit. You can read Hugo's column in the Times here.
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In Kemi Badenoch's first PMQs as Tory leader, she ask whether Keir Starmer will get on with President-elect Trump and protect the "special relationship", but was her explosive style successful?
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the action at Prime Minister's Questions with the help of Tim Shipman, Lara Spirit and comedian Andy Zaltzman.
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In 2020 Keir Starmer promised to abolish university tuition fees - so will his government suffer from the decision to increase them in line with inflation?
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day, and all the other news, with Libby Purves and James Marriott.
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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have been making their closing pitches in front of large crowds in the US, but are the differences between British and American politics exaggerated?
And is Kemi Badnoch right to be frustrated about how her comments are sometimes reported?
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Hadley Freeman and Patrick Maguire.
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Were the markets hostile to the budget or are our jitters a hangover from Liz Truss? Should we bring back food rationing? Can you hold a grudge for as long as a crow?
Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day with Timandra Harkness and Robin Brant.
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As Biden makes another blunder, is the US president making the campaign impossible for Kamala Harris? And are both parties failing to diagnose the real problems in Washington D.C.?
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Manveen Rana and Matthew Syed.
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Labour's first budget in nearly fifteen years will also be the biggest tax-raising budget in history. Hugo unpacks it all with Times Radio's Political Correspondent Theo Usherwood.
Plus: In Rishi Sunak's last hurrah at PMQs, he talks up his record in Number 10. Hugo pauses and analyses the action with the help of Lara Spirit and comedian Jon Harvey.
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Do politicians have to be outrageous to get attention? Why is the nation's birth rate plummeting? Plus, a lesson in how to carve turnip lanterns.
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with James Marriott and Laura Freeman.
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Will racist language used at Trump's latest rally help or hinder his bid for the White House? Are we really living in unprecedentedly bad times? And are new MPs right to complain about Parliament's old customs?
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Hadley Freeman and Patrick Maguire
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After the Wall Street Journal reports on secret conversations between Elon Musk and Russia's president, just how much influence does the world's richest man wield? And is facial recognition the future of your supermarket shop?
Patrick Maguire unpacks the politics of the day with Robin Brant and Timandra Harkness.
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As Commonwealth leaders press the case for slavery reparations, has the summit in Somoa gone wrong for the prime minister? And how serious are Donald Trump's claims of election interference?
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Manveen Rana and Matthew Parris
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With Keir Starmer away, it's Angela Rayner v Oliver Dowden at deputy prime minister's questions - or the "battle of the gingers".
Lara Spirit pauses and unpacks the action from the Commons chamber with the help of Tim Shipman and Geoff Norcott.
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Will the government's sentencing review stop the prison overcrowding crisis? Are entrepreneurs scared to start their own business? And were there any sensible ideas contributed the government's big conversation on the future of the NHS?
Lara Spirit unpacks the politics of the day with Juliet Samuel and Libby Purves
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Donald Trump has been serving (briefly) at a McDonald's, while Kemi Badenoch worked at one during her A-levels - does having the fast-food restaurant on your CV help connect with voters? Can the government stop the pre-Budget media frenzy, and what do Thatcher, Cameron and Starmer have in common?
Lara Spirit unpacks the politics of the day with Patrick Maguire and Emma Duncan.
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Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch took part in their first televised hustings, and if the clap-o-meter is anything to go by, Badenoch won the debate - but has she won over her party?
Patrick Maguire unpacks the politics of the day with Robin Brant and Timandra Harkness.
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Why is the government still being dogged by stories about Taylor Swift tickets, is Robert Jenrick's conversion from centrist to right-winger credible, and is Kemi Badnoch the heir to Keith Joseph?
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Matthew Parris and Manveen Rana.
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Rishi Sunak focuses on the threat from China as the foreign secretary heads to Beijing. But is it, as Keir Starmer says, just "political point scoring"?
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the action at prime minister's questions, with the help of Tim Shipman, Lara Spirit and comedian Alistair Barrie
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If the chancellor increases employer national insurance contributions, will she have broken Labour's manifesto promise? And could weight-loss jabs help cut unemployment?
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day, and all the other news, with Libby Purves and Juliet Samuel.
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As cabinet ministers come close to jeopardising the government's investment summit, is Labour still in campaign mode?
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Janice Turner and Patrick Maguire.
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