Electioncast: Will Another Week Of Starmer Drama Impact The Elections?

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of recent events in the UK elections campaign, focusing on public services and nationalist parties.

Today, Adam, Alex, James and Felicity look at the latest stories from the UK elections campaign trail. Why are public services at the top of the campaign agenda? What will it mean for Westminster if nationalist parties sweep the board? And why is Eluned Morgan explaining how to vote for her though the medium of canned cocktails? You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord Get in touch with Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or send us a WhatsApp on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Anna Harris with Shiler Mahmoudi. The social producer was Jem Westgate. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

People in this episode

Host: Adam Fleming

Topics covered

• UK elections
• political analysis
• public services
• nationalist parties
• voting
• campaign agenda

Keywords

• UK elections
• Starmer drama
• public services
• nationalist parties
• voting
• politics
• BBC News

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Organizations: BBC, Newscast, BBC Sounds

Places: UK

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