Donald Trump did Boris Johnson a massive favour by keeping his big mouth shut about the election at this week’s Nato summit.
Former Labour adviser and Evening Standard columnist Ayesha Hazarika joins Arj Singh and Ned Simons to ask whether the PM is now home and hosed, and to urge Jeremy Corbyn to take risks in Friday’s last chance saloon debate if he wants to cause an upset in next week’s election.
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Jeremy Corbyn is on the ropes over everything from anti-Semitism to tax and spending, while Boris Johnson launches an underwhelming manifesto with an announcement which immediately fell to pieces.Senior ex-advisers Salma Shah (Tories) and Matthew McGregor (Labour) join Arj Singh and Paul Waugh to look back on what could be a key week in the election campaign.
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We’ve had the historic head-to-head TV election debate, but who came out best between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn? Conservative party deputy chairman Paul Scully joins Arj Singh, Paul Waugh and Rachel Wearmouth to dissect whose message is getting through the squall of disinformation, as the parties prepare to unveil their manifestos.

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Chuka Umunna, senior Liberal Democrat and former Labour MP,  joins Arj Singh, Paul Waugh and Rachel Wearmouth to talk about the first full week of the general election campaign. Nigel Farage has delivered the first truly big moment of the campaign but is his pledge to not fight the Tories in their constituencies the game changer he thinks? Meanwhile, the Lib Dems are under pressure to back pro-EU Labour MPs. 
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Labour deputy leader Tom Watson’s resignation rocked the party as the snap election campaign began in earnest. But it only distracted attention away from the Tories’ own terrible start.

One of Watson’s old allies in team Gordon Brown, Labour peer Lord Stewart Wood, and Tory ex-special advisor Laura Round join Arj Singh and Paul Waugh to share their thoughts on a stuttering snap election start for the big parties.
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It’s here - the snap election we’ve all been waiting for. Boris Johnson has called the poll to settle Brexit, but with a febrile electorate, winning an election may prove just as difficult as getting the UK out of the EU. 
Tory election guru Lord Robert Hayward provides an indispensable guide to the campaign for the December 12 vote alongside Arj Singh, Paul Waugh, Rachel Wearmouth.
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MPs have backed Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal in principle, but refused to allow it go through the Commons in time for October 31 deadline agreed with the EU. Time for an election then? The PM wants one, but who will it favour?
Arj Singh and Rachel Wearmouth are joined by Conservative MP Bim Afolami and Anand Menon, director of the UK In A Changing Europe think-tank, to talk over another dramatic week in Westminster.

DISCLAIMER: This was recorded hours before Boris Johnson called for a December 12 snap election - but still contains loads of great chat about whether a Christmas snap poll is a good idea for the Tories and Labour!
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No one gave him a chance but the prime minister has managed to strike a Brexit deal with the EU.
But the government was immediately facing questions over how sustainable it was given opposition from the DUP.
Senior Labour MP Owen Smith joins Arj, Paul and Rachel to react to the deal and its chances of passing parliament, unpack what it means for peace and prosperity in Northern Ireland and ask whether Jeremy Corbyn’s calls for a second referendum are too little, too late.
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Conservative peer Lord Robert Hayward and Brexit expert Jill Rutter, of the UK In A Changing Europe join Arj and Paul to discuss the week in Westminster, as Boris Johnson finds himself stuck on the rocks of a Brexit deal.
But with MPs’ course set for an election, will the Conservative pitch a no-deal Brexit to voters? And will Extinction Rebellion’s protests make a difference in a snap poll?
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Commons People decamps to the pub with Politics and investigations editor at the Manchester Evening News, Jennifer Williams and Rob Ford, politics professor at Manchester University, as the Conservatives conference continues under a cloud of accusations against Boris Johnson. But are they winning friends in the region?
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