Labour’s Small Votes Crisis – Start Your Week with Alex von Tunzelmann
From The Bunker – News without the nonsense by Podmasters
May 5, 2026 · 29 min · Season 1 · Episode 1805
About this episode
The episode discusses Labour's challenges in upcoming elections and various political issues including antisemitism and Putin's power.
• It’s Podmasters’ 10th birthday! Get an extra 10% off a year’s Patreon backing. Setting out the stories of the week ahead… As Labour braces itself for a battering in the local, Scottish and Welsh elections, Reform have an idea to liven things up: punishing anyone who votes Green by putting migrant detention centres in their constituency. Plus: What Russia’s scaled-down, tank-and-missile-free ‘Victory Day’ tells us about the state of Putin’s power. Protesting against the antisemitism crisis. And David Attenborough turns 100. Alex von Tunzelmann and Andrew Harrison set out the next seven… sorry, six days of news. • Get tomorrow’s Scotland and Wales election explainers TODAY when you back us at www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Audio production by Simon Williams. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Andrew Harrison
Guest: Alex von Tunzelmann
Topics covered
- Labour elections
- Green party
- Putin's power
- antisemitism crisis
- David Attenborough
- local elections
Keywords
- Labour
- elections
- Green party
- Putin
- David Attenborough
- antisemitism
- local elections
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Labour, Reform
Places: Scotland, Wales, Russia
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