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- 🇦🇺AU · Politics#1265K to 30K
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- 🇰🇪KE · Politics#3110K to 30K
- 🇭🇰HK · Politics#4510K to 30K
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How Burnham Risks Being All Things To All People
Jul 10, 2026
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How Farage Triggered A By-Election
Jul 7, 2026
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How To Read Burnham's Blueprint For Government
Jul 2, 2026
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How To Pick Your Chancellor And Cabinet
Jun 25, 2026
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How Keir Went, And Andy Arrived
Jun 23, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 7/10/26 |  How Burnham Risks Being All Things To All People | This week the political masterminds are answering more of your questions.Does Andy Burnham risk becoming all things to all people, and will that inevitably result in disappointment? What jobs would Sally, Polly and Danny have in No 10 North? Have former military figures seized the agenda over defence spending, and is Labour worrying enough about a possible Tory revival?Send your voicenotes, questions and comments to howtowin@thetimes.co.ukAnd you can watch the podcast on YouTube here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 7/7/26 | How Farage Triggered A By-Election | Nigel Farage has announced his resignation as an MP, saying he will fight a 'people versus the establishment' by-election in Clacton.Is it a high risk stunt by the Reform UK leader? When have by-elections backfired in the past, and will it make questions about his finances, and his future, go away?Hugo, Sally, Polly and Danny analyse Farage's gamble.Send your questions, comments and voicenotes to howtowin@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 7/2/26 | How To Read Burnham's Blueprint For Government | What have we learned so far about Andy Burnham's plan for government? Danny has been reading his book, Head North, and thinks he's proposing a clear left turn when it comes to the economy and public services.Does Burnham's vision of a more devolved United Kingdom add up to an electoral strategy, or is that actually coming from Morgan McSweeney's playbook?Plus: We're joined by comedian and host of the How To Win The World Cup podcast Matt Forde to discuss whether success on the football pitch can give a boost at the ballot box.Send your questions, comments and voicenotes to howtowin@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/25/26 | How To Pick Your Chancellor And Cabinet | The team bring their years of experience inside Downing Street to the question of how Andy Burnham will construct his cabinet, and who he could pick as chancellor.After the return of James Purnell as chief of staff, is there a risk of having too many veterans of the Blair and Brown years back in power?And - Polly sets out her vision for replacing Chequers with a Mar-a-Lago-style resort in Blackpool.Send your questions, voicenotes and views on Polly's policy to howtowin@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/23/26 | How Keir Went, And Andy Arrived | Sally and Danny join Hugo for this extra episode to examine the Keir Starmer legacy - if there is one - and ask whether Andy Burnham could be a more consequential leader than the consensus gives him credit for.And, how will Reform UK attack Burnham - can they make the label 'Captain Flip-flop' stick?Send your comments, questions and voicenotes to howtowin@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | How The By-Election Result Changes Everything | Andy Burnham has won, and won big in the Makerfield by-election - what happens next in Downing Street and the Labour Party, and what does it all mean for the next general election?Sally, Polly, Danny and Hugo discuss Keir Starmer's insistence he won't walk away from No 10, the reaction of the cabinet, who will get the top jobs in a Burnham government, and whether Reform UK will need to change strategy.Send your questions, comments and voicenotes to howtowin@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/11/26 | How Will The Days After The By-Election Play Out?✨ | by-electionpolitical strategy+3 | — | Reform UKDavid Cameron+1 | MakerfieldCalifornia | by-electionAndy Burnham+5 | — | 40m 40s | |
| 6/4/26 | How Burnham Is (Or Isn't) Defining Himself✨ | by-electionpolitical vision+4 | — | LabourTimes Radio | — | Andy BurnhamMakerfield by-election+5 | — | 40m 38s | |
| 5/28/26 | How... The Elections Were Won And Lost: Michael Heseltine✨ | electionspolitics+3 | Michael Heseltine | LabourSDP-Liberal Alliance | — | Michael Heseltine1983 election+3 | — | 43m 29s | |
| 5/21/26 | How The By-Election Will Be Seismic✨ | by-electionLabour Party+4 | — | LabourReform UK+1 | — | by-electionAndy Burnham+6 | — | 40m 54s | |
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| 5/14/26 | How The Labour Leadership Challenge Could Play Out✨ | Labour Partyleadership challenge+3 | — | Labour PartyTimes Radio | — | Labour leadershipKeir Starmer+5 | — | 40m 02s | |
| 5/12/26 | Emergency Episode: How Long Can Starmer Cling On?✨ | political leadershipWestminster chaos+4 | Sally MorganPolly Mackenzie+1 | Westminster | — | Keir StarmerWestminster+6 | — | 22m 43s | |
| 5/8/26 | How Labour Suffered An Historic Defeat✨ | Labour PartyBritish politics+4 | — | LabourReform UK+1 | EnglandScotland+1 | Labourelections+5 | — | 41m 12s | |
| 4/30/26 | How The Elections Could Be Existential for Labour✨ | local electionsLabour Party+3 | — | Labour Party | EnglandScotland+3 | Labour Partylocal elections+3 | — | 39m 47s | |
| 4/23/26 | How To Decide When (And If) The PM Will Be Challenged✨ | political coupsLabour Party+3 | Luke Tryl | Labour PartyTony Blair+1 | — | political coupsKeir Starmer+5 | — | 40m 21s | |
| 4/16/26 | How To Defeat The Populists✨ | populismelection defeat+3 | — | — | HungaryUK | populismViktor Orbán+5 | — | 41m 06s | |
| 4/9/26 | How To Sell Starmer The Statesman✨ | political brandingvoter appeal+4 | Simon Finkelstein | Green PartyTimes Radio | — | Starmerelections+5 | — | 42m 34s | |
| 4/2/26 | How The Energy Shock Helps Starmer Survive✨ | cost of livingpolitical strategy+3 | Danny | Times Radio | — | energy shockKeir Starmer+5 | — | 40m 19s | |
| 3/26/26 |  How To Shut Down A Political Conspiracy✨ | political conspiracygovernment history+5 | — | Tony Blair | — | political conspiracyMorgan McSweeney+5 | — | 39m 06s | |
| 3/19/26 | How To Run A Shadow Leadership Campaign✨ | leadership raceLabour Party+3 | — | The Choice Before the Labour PartyThe Man Who Planted Trees+2 | — | Angela RaynerKeir Starmer+4 | — | 41m 25s | |
| 3/14/26 |  How Starmer Became The Passive Prime Minister✨ | Keir StarmerLabour Party+3 | Patrick MaguireGabriel Pogrund | LabourTimes+4 | — | Keir StarmerLabour+5 | — | 19m 23s | |
| 3/12/26 | How The Mandelson Files Weigh On The PM✨ | Mandelson filesKeir Starmer+5 | — | Downing StreetParliament+1 | — | Mandelson filesKeir Starmer+7 | — | 40m 45s | |
| 3/5/26 | How Trump's War Is Upending British Politics | We're looking at the implications of the American-Israeli attacks on Iran for British politics - has the prime minister been constrained by a near-religious belief in international law, by cabinet divisions, or by party politics?We also discuss whether the Green Party's bounce in the polls can be sustained, and whether Labour's new migration policy shows the party has made a decisive strategic choice.Send your questions, comments and voicenotes to howtowin@thetimes.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/27/26 | How Labour's By-Election Hammering Damages Starmer | The Green Party crushes Labour at the Gorton and Denton by-election, knocking Keir Starmer's party into third place in one of their safest seats.The political masterminds discuss whether the prime minister can find a new strategy to survive, whether the Green Party can replicate the victory across the country, and what the fracturing of the traditional two-party system means for the next General Election.Send your questions, comments and voicenotes to howtowin@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/19/26 | How Government Responds To Andrew's Arrest | As we assembled the How To Win An Election team to talk about Robert Jenrick, Rupert Lowe and Danny's quest for the point of Ed Davey, news broke that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He denies wrongdoing.Sally, Polly, Danny (and Hugo) look at how the news would have been received in Downing Street, and whether republicanism has a future in British politics.Send your questions, comments and voicenotes to howtowin@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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Chart Positions
22 placements across 19 markets.
Chart Positions
22 placements across 19 markets.