Do you accept defeat in the middle of a campaign?

Electoral Dysfunction

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🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Former Labour adviser Ayesha Hazarika joins Sky News political editor Beth Rigby and Conservative peer Ruth Davidson as the general election campaign heads towards its final fortnight.

They're assessing whether Labour can shake off the questions about its taxation policies.

As Conservative Grant Shapps seemed to accept election defeat in an interview, is that something anyone should do in the middle of the campaign?

They discuss the "what ifs" of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage as he tries to become an MP.

And as the SNP launch their manifesto, how is the election shaping up differently in Scotland?

Plus, Beth, Ruth and Ayesha tackle listeners' questions on manifesto promises and Reform UK’s unusual set-up.

Email Beth, Ruth, and Margaret at [email protected], post on X to @BethRigby, or send a WhatsApp voice note on 07934 200 444.

In this episode, we mention the Clacton-on-Sea constituency, the full list of candidates are:

Bensilum, Matthew (Liberal Democrats)

Farage, Nigel Paul (Reform UK)

Jamieson, Craig (Climate Party)

Mack, Tony (Independent)

Osben, Natasha (Green Party)

Owusu-Nepaul, Jovan (Labour Party)

Papanastasiou, Tasos (Heritage Party)

Pemberton, Andrew (UKIP – NO to Illegal Immigration)

Watling, Giles Francis (Conservative Party)

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0:57.2	the world around you. Are you ready? All right. Should we go? Hello and welcome to Tuesday's
1:07.6	electoral dysfunction. I'm back home after a whirlwind of a week on the campaign.
1:12.2	Ruth, where are you? I am home and you and I are both a little bit subpar, aren't me? We're not
1:17.8	100%, but for very different reasons. Because you've been working very hard, and I have actually
1:23.1	like had some socialising, which, I mean, I don't know what I was thinking of I used to be fun in
1:28.4	my 20s I'm not fun in my 40s I had fun this weekend and I'm really struggling because of it
1:32.9	Ruth's been on a two-day bender I mean I can't do anymore like I can't well so Ruth you're at
1:39.5	home whyisha where are you I am in beautiful Scotland I was in Dundee on Saturday and then I've been through with my parents in East Renfrewshire in Newton Mayans just in the outskirts of Glasgow. So I've been doing some door knocking, which has been really interesting. And yeah, I'm going to be heading through to Cote Bridge because of course I've just become Baroness Hazareka of Cote Bridge. So I'm going to be heading through to Cote Bridge because of course I've just become
2:01.5	Baroness Hazarica of Cote Bridge so I'm going to be heading through to Cote Bridge to do some
2:06.3	door knocking as well to test the temperature.
2:08.7	And did we all watch the football?
2:10.7	Me and I usually have different football to watch.
2:12.9	We had quite different experiences about the...
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