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🗓️ 27 August 2020

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With protests in American cities continuing and the Democrat and Republican conventions drawing to a close - are there signs that Donald Trump could win again? (00:45) Plus, could planning reforms be the next Tory battle? (13:05) And finally, can daily commutes really be enjoyable? (25:45)

With editor of the Spectator's US edition Freddy Gray; the Spectator's economics correspondent Kate Andrews; the Spectator's political editor James Forsyth; economist and author Liam Halligan; the Spectator's features editor; and author Sara Yirrell.

Presented by Cindy Yu. Produced by Cindy Yu and Max Jeffery.

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0:17.1	Hello and welcome to the edition podcast.
0:19.7	The Spectator's weekly look at some of the most intriguing and important issues within the pages of each new issue.
0:26.0	I'm Cindy Yu.
0:28.6	This week, could Trump win again?
0:31.8	We also take a look at the coming Tory row and at the very end, how commuting has got so much better in lockdown.
0:43.7	First up, Joe Biden is still leading in the polls, but could Trump still turn it around?
0:49.1	That's what Freddie Gray and Douglas Murray say in this week's issue. Freddie joins me now,
0:53.5	together with Kate Andrews, our economics correspondent.
0:56.8	So, Freddie, can you tell us about how you see Trump's campaign turning around?
1:01.0	Well, I think certainly the Trump campaign has found a bit of momentum in recent weeks.
1:07.3	I think the polls bear me out on that.
1:10.6	And I think Trump himself, having had a very
1:13.1	sort of sloppy first half of the year, particularly with COVID-19 and his handling of the pandemic,
1:19.6	has really started to campaign very well. And that's because we're in the, we're getting into
1:24.9	the real rhythm of the election now. And Trump is, for all his flaws, a brilliant campaigner.
1:32.1	He loves it.
1:32.9	People often criticise Trump for not being really interested in governing and just being interested in campaigning.
1:41.0	But he is actually very good at campaigning, and people tend to forget that because they're so busy loathing him.
1:49.2	Kate, the two main parties have just had their national conventions.
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