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Welcome to the latest edition of the Times Opinion Podcast.

My name is Tim Montgomery and this week I'm joined by three Times columnist Daniel Finkelstein, Jenny Russell and David Aronovich.

And unusually I'm also joined by a live audience of Times readers in our London Bridge

headquarters. Welcome to all of you.

Please make a noise.

And in the usual way, Danny, can you tell us what your topic is?

Why the Conservatives won?

The Conservatives won because they had a more popular leader,

people felt better off, and didn't want labour and the SMP to be in control.

The Conservatives ran an incredibly disciplined campaign that correctly was

un imaginative and the modernising argument that there was censor liberal

voters to be one has been vindicated but if they want to keep the majority and

...