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Politics Unpacked

The Tory Party Is Over, Says Kruger

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

As Danny Kruger becomes the first sitting Tory MP to defect to Reform UK, is he right to say the Conservative party is over? What can Kemi Badenoch do to stem the tide, and is Keir Starmer drinking in 'last-chance saloon'?


Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Seb Payne and Carol Lewis.


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0:00.0

This Tuesday, Amazon brings the unmissable UAFA Champions League match.

0:05.1

Unbelievable!

0:07.3

Tottenham versus Villarreal.

0:10.7

And it's touched goal at one a straight!

0:14.7

The UEFA Champions League, Tuesday from 6.30pm.

0:19.0

It's on Prime.

0:22.4

This episode of Politics Unpacked is sponsored by the Moving the Grid forward campaign.

0:27.3

We're using more electricity all the time. We're increasingly using it to power our cars, heat our homes,

0:32.1

and that's before you've even thought about charging the whole family's devices.

0:36.0

So much so that demand is set to double by 2050.

0:39.3

Much of the demand will be met from homegrown sources, like offshore wind,

0:43.3

but Britain can't harness all that energy without a grid ready to meet our changing needs.

0:47.3

That means growing the network of pylons, underground cables and substations

0:51.3

that get energy moving right across the country, creating jobs and increasing

0:55.6

energy security in the process.

0:58.0

Their message is moving the grid forward moves us all forward.

1:01.2

To find out more, visit moving the grid forward.co.uk.

1:05.0

Hello, I'm Hugo Rifkin and now we're going to be unpacking the politics of the day,

1:14.3

asking whether the Prime Minister is really drinking in the last chance saloon,

1:17.7

and whether Andy Burnham is really going to be the one who calls last orders.

1:21.2

And joining me two times journalists who, I'm sure, have plenty of more pub metaphors up their sleeves.

1:25.8

And they are, Seb Payne. Hello, Seb.

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