PLUS: Is a general election insane, and how much did Times reporters drink in the 1980s?

Matt Chorley is joined by Sam Coates, The Times deputy political editor, who says the prime minister is the root of all our problems.

Times columnist Daniel Finkelstein warns a planned election is mad, but it is worth planning for an accidental one.

And as Frances Gibb prepares to retire after four decades covering the law for The Times, she describes what has got better (and worse) in justice and journalism.

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