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Electoral Dysfunction

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🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

After "going dark" for most of the week, Beth pops up in Poland to talk world politics with Ruth and Harriet. Top security, a slow train and Russian drones are all part of the inside story of the prime minister's visit to Ukraine.

Beth explores why UK solidarity with Ukraine could mean British boots on the ground.
And overshadowing everything is president-elect Trump. He is already leaving his mark on the world. Trump claimed his impending inauguration piled on the pressure to get the Gaza ceasefire deal through.

Ruth, Harriet and Beth work out how the UK needs to manage its role in "Trump World". And in Ukraine, Beth finds out if the Trump era could leave the country feeling betrayed.

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0:00.0	Donald Trump is heading back to the White House.
0:03.1	Together we can truly make America great again.
0:06.7	We are in for an unpredictable but fascinating four years.
0:10.3	And we're going to be following every twist and turn for the first 100 days.
0:15.0	We'll be bringing you the latest updates and analysis first thing every morning.
0:19.5	So join me, James Mackey.
0:21.3	Me, Martha Kalnick.
0:22.4	And me, Mark Stone, for Trump 100 every weekday at 6am, wherever you get your podcast.
0:33.2	Hello and welcome to Electoral Dysfunction from Sky News with me, Beth Rigby.
0:43.4	Me Ruth Davidson.
0:44.5	And me, Harriet Harmon.
0:45.9	And Beth?
0:46.9	Yes.
0:47.2	You went a bit dark this week.
0:49.2	This made a bit interesting.
0:50.7	So you hung an out-of-office sign on your WhatsApp.
0:53.4	I did.
0:55.5	Your phone was having a foreign dial tone and not picking up. Where have you been, Mysterious lady? My phone was confiscated.
1:02.2	I didn't have a phone. Oh my words. I've literally, I've had a digital detox, actually.
1:10.0	I have been in Ukraine.
1:11.6	I wasn't able, obviously, to tell any of you about this and I'm back now in Poland and
1:18.6	actually if it's a bit choppy and noisy, it's because we're doing this from a lobby in a hotel
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