Election selection rejection

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Election results were landing by the time the IfG podcast team - with guest Anoosh Chakelian of the New Statesman - assembled in the studio. What do the votes all mean for Boris Johnson and who emerged as the night’s big winner? The latest twist in the beergate story broke while the pod was recording - so what will Keir Starmer do next? And with Northern Ireland on the cusp of a historic election result, what happens next (or doesn't) at Stormont? Hannah White is joined by Cath Haddon, Alex Nice and Jess Sargeant. Produced by Candice McKenzie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government.
0:14.0	I'm Hannah White, deputy director at the IFG and this week's deputy presenter.
0:19.4	Well, it's the morning after the night before. We're a little
0:22.2	bleary-eyed, a little short of sleep, and have utterly over-indulged on raw data. But we're also
0:28.3	full of adrenaline, because here at the IFG, we love elections. And right now, at midday, on Friday,
0:33.5	the votes are being counted up after polls held all across the UK. So, what do we know so far?
0:39.9	What will all this mean for the political landscape in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
0:44.4	And who will be celebrating once the results are finally all in?
0:48.1	Joining me throughout today's podcast is someone with a finger firmly on the pulse of politics,
0:52.4	and that's the RFG senior fellow,
0:55.2	Katha. Hi, Kath.
0:56.0	Hello.
1:01.6	And I'm really delighted this Nus Shekelian, Britain editor at the New Statesman, joins us straight through a BBC studio.
1:02.8	Hi, Anush.
1:03.6	Hiya.
1:04.9	How much sleep have you had?
1:06.5	Actually, I have had an embarrassing amount of sleep.
1:09.5	I wasn't on overnight live blogging duties this
1:13.3	time. So unbelievably rested compared to the rest of Westminster. I have to say it wasn't on purpose,
1:19.0	but I woke up at about 20 to 6 to turn on BBC News and suddenly be faced by Hugh Edwards struggling
1:26.6	to eat a cross-on between things,
1:28.8	which is now doing the rounds on Twitter. So I was very pleased that I saw the most important
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