Can the Tories win back the Reform vote?
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4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at where the Conservatives go now after big byelection losses in the week, and how the West might respond to the death of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Laura and Paddy are joined by BBC chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman to discuss the challenges the Conservatives face from Reform and Labour’s divisions over a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict.
We also hear from the wives of two politicians in prison. The exiled Belrusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s husband Sergei is being held in Belarus, and Evgenia Kara-Murza’s husband Vladimir Kara-Murza's husband is being held in Russia. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Gemma Roper. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray and the senior news editors are Sam Bonham and Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | So if you asked a very famous actor called Matt Smith, |
| 0:09.5 | which politician would survive House of the Dragon, the Game of Thrones spin-off in which he plays Prince Damon. |
| 0:16.0 | Who do you think he would have told me would survive? |
| 0:20.0 | And Whiticum? |
| 0:21.0 | Henry, who do you think? |
| 0:23.0 | Oh, this has been sprung on me. |
| 0:26.0 | David Davis for his self-image if nothing else. |
| 0:29.0 | Ah, former SAS, I was in the S. Once upon the time, don't you know? |
| 0:33.0 | Mm, where are you really? |
| 0:35.4 | Yes, yes, he was. |
| 0:36.9 | As I was a therapist? |
| 0:38.0 | Well, I mean, let's not make that the focus of the podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | What was the answer to... Have a listen to this? |
| 0:44.0 | Yeah, if there are politicians do you think would do well in that environment? |
| 0:48.0 | Stick a wig on them all and see how they get on, I reckon. |
| 0:51.0 | Stick a wig on the mole, he said, and he later said, or give him a sword and see who lasts. |
| 0:59.2 | And then afterwards I asked him, and actually I think the little clip is on Instagram because I'm not quite such a |
| 1:04.1 | granny after all he said Jacob Reese Mogg right so the wig is because when you play in |
| 1:09.0 | House of Dragon or Game of Thrones you have to wear massive wigs. |
| 1:13.2 | I think, well, it's not really my thing, but apparently, yeah, you have to dress up. |
| 1:17.4 | Yeah, Penny Morden, surely. |
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