Election Hot Take: Can Sunak save his campaign?
Political Currency
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🗓️ 4 June 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Rishi Sunak is facing dismal polling and Nigel Farage out on manouevers. In our first Election Hot Take, George Osborne reveals the sense of resignation that has set in among Tory MPs. Is the only thing that can save the Tories now a massive policy play? George thinks they may be working something up on inheritance tax.
Meanwhile in Labourland, the fall out from the Diane Abbott saga continues. Angela Rayner has stepped in to defend her, opening the door for the long-time Hackney MP to stand again. What does it reveal about the power Rayner holds in the party?
And the TV debates are imminent. What must the leaders convey about themselves if they want to win the keys to No.10?\
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| 1:23.2 | So welcome to our first general election hot take. Yeah, very exciting. So this is the episode we're going to put out |
| 1:27.3 | every Monday for our political currency gold subscribers, that elite group of |
| 1:31.8 | politically motivated young men and women who are |
| 1:34.4 | our subscribers growing every day and then the rest of you the regular army of |
| 1:39.8 | listeners will hear it on Tuesday. |
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