Radical with Amol Rajan

Revolt on the right! Reform, Rishi and (Red) Wall-to-Wall Chaos


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Lee Anderson grabbed the headlines this week as he defected from the Conservatives to become Reform UK’s first MP. This prompted rumours of further red wall MPs thinking about defecting. This week we ask, is there a new revolt on the right?

Amol is joined by James Kanagasooriam, the pollster who first identified and the defined the red wall, to look at what will happen in those constituencies in the coming general election and whether Reform UK offers a genuine threat.

Dame Andrea Jenkyns gives Amol the lowdown on the mood among Conservative MPs and says she would like to see a new leader before the election.

Plus property presenting duo Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer call in to give Amol their moments of the week.

And Nick’s away – but the pod squad have come up with a genius way of ensuring his presence is felt…

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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the UK’s most influential radio news programme. Amol was the BBC’s media editor for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he’s also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the BBC’s political editor for ten years before that and also previously worked as ITV’s political editor.

The senior producer is Tom Smithard, the producers are Hazel Morgan and Joe Wilkinson. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths. Technical production from Matt Hewitt and digital production from Elliot Ryder.

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