About this episode

The episode discusses the potential outcomes of the May 7 elections and the future of the Conservative Party amidst predictions of poor results.

With Parliament prorogued Westminster is in full campaigning mode a week out from the May 7 elections, and while the conversation largely centres around potential massive Labour losses across the UK and Reform’s continued rise, there is another story going on too; which is that with predictions of another terrible set of results for the Tories, could the party once known as the most successful election-winning machine in the world be sliding fully into irrelevance? To discuss whether Kemi Badenoch can turn the Conservative’s fortunes around, or whether another drubbing at the polls next week further cements Nigel Farage place as the dominant force on the right, host Alain Tolhurst is joined by the Tory MP Jack Rankin , who has been the member for Windsor since 2024. Alongside him is the former Tory Cabinet minister David Gauke , now vice-chair of centrist pressure group Prosper UK, as well as Tali Fraser , assistant editor at the Conservative Home website, and political reporter at PolHome - Matilda Martin . To sign up for our newsletters click here Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton and edited by Ewan Cameron for Podot

People in this episode

Host: Alain Tolhurst

Guests: Jack Rankin, David Gauke, Tali Fraser, Matilda Martin

Topics covered

• Tory revival
• May 7 elections
• Labour losses
• Conservative Party
• Kemi Badenoch
• Nigel Farage
• Westminster campaigning

Keywords

• Tory revival
• May 7 elections
• Labour losses
• Kemi Badenoch
• Nigel Farage
• Conservative Party
• Westminster

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Conservative Home, Prosper UK, PoliticsHome

Places: Windsor

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