The Expert Factor Pilot: What is the Point of Party Conferences?

The UK in a Changing Europe Podcast

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4.1 • 102 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

A general election is looming. Manifestos are being drafted. The battle of ideas is intensifying. From tackling climate change to turning around the economy, rethinking Britain’s place in the world to restoring trust in politics, the UK is facing huge challenges. So how can we make sense of it all? The EXPERT FACTOR is the podcast for people who haven’t had enough of experts. Each week we the directors of three leading and respected think tanks – Paul Johnson of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Hannah White of the Institute for Government, and Anand Menon of UK in a Changing Europe – get together to discuss, debate and explain the big questions and themes that will shape the election – and the political landscape for years to come. This week the team look ahead to the party conference season. What are the pressing questions that Keir Starmer needs to answer? How much pressure will Rishi Sunak be under? And what difference do these get-togethers really make? • Institute Fiscal Studies: https://ifs.org.uk/ • Institute for Government: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ • UK in a Changing Europe: https://ukandeu.ac.uk/ Written and presented by Paul Johnson, Hannah White and Anand Menon. Audio production by Alex Rees for Podmasters.

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0:00.0	I know what you were thinking.
0:08.3	It was written all over your face.
0:10.6	You were sitting there thinking,
0:12.1	what I really want to see is another current affairs podcast.
0:16.5	Well, you're in luck, because this is precisely that kind of podcast.
0:21.8	Remember this?
0:23.0	I think the people in this country have had enough of experts.
0:26.3	Yeah, we did edit the bit about organisations with acronyms for names, but you get the point.
0:31.0	We think Michael Gover's wrong.
0:32.8	And to prove it, this podcast puts the experts front and centre.
0:36.7	We're not a parade of former politicians with axes to grind.
0:39.3	Not, though we're a bunch of party advisers seeking to dress partisan points going up as evidence.
0:45.3	And we're certainly not journalists with gossip to share or stories to break.
0:49.3	We're trying something quite different.
0:51.3	Hello and welcome to the expert factor.
0:57.0	Now in a radical departure, this isn't a podcast hosted by two men.
1:07.0	More importantly, the country is facing some massive political and policy challenges and we have a
1:12.1	general election approaching which is going to provide an opportunity for our politicians to try to
1:16.8	put forward their ideas for fixing those problems every week or so the expert factor will bring
1:21.7	together the directors of three of the country's leading think tanks we'll take a step back from
1:26.9	the new cycle and dive
1:28.3	in a bit deeper. And in so doing, we're hoping to provide impartial expert insights and analysis
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