Whitehall Sources
By Calum Macdonald
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Top advisers to our significant political leaders analyse the successes and failures of today's politics, sharing their experiences of working in Whitehall. Kirsty Buchanan worked with Theresa May as PM, and Liz Truss when she was Secretary of State. Frankie Leach advised Jeremy Corbyn when he was Labour Leader. Journalist and broadcaster Calum Macdonald manages their in-tray of talking points, U-turns and crises. From parties in Westminster to the tactics of SpAds, this is your exclusive insight into how politics is done and how politicians work.
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Analysing Sir Keir Starmer's Six Pledges
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May 16, 2024 |
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The Month of Own Goals
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May 09, 2024 |
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The Local Elections wash up
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May 04, 2024 |
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Local Elections and the £3000 trip to Rwanda
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May 01, 2024 |
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Westminster Gossip, The Bute House Agreement and Rail
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Another Tory Scandal, Drunk dogs, ping pong and Liz Truss's book
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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UK Weapons Supplies to Israel and Four Years of Keir Starmer
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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How hard is it to be Prime Minister? And Privatisation
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Psychodrama, Rwanda, Potholes
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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How To Fix Government
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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A Missed Opportunity? The Budget
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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All Eyes On The Speaker
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Kemi Badenoch vs The Post Office and Ceasefire Vote
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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By Elections, Scottish Labour Conference
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Rishi Sunak, Piers Morgan, Wes Streeting, Liz Truss
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Anatomy of a U-Turn
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Whipping Votes... with Anne Milton
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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The Post Office Scandal...with Kevan Jones MP
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Humza Yousaf in conversation
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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The Security Election...and other 2023 bits
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Baubles of Policy... Rwanda and Cop28
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Boris at The Covid Inquiry; Rishi's Rwanda deal
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Alistair Darling... and Matt Hancock
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Autumn Statement and Migration
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Suella, Inflation, Rwanda, Ceasefire
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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🚨RESHUFFLE feat. David Cameron
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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'Hate' Marches, the King's Speech and the Rise of the Sunakians
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Sir Keir on the Middle East
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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The Covid Inquiry
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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One Year of Rishi Sunak (and of this podcast)
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Diplomacy in the Middle East... with Sir Simon Fraser
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Glittering Keir & The Middle East
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Rishi for Change?
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Conference Season
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Net Zero, KamiKwaze and the Contaminated Blood Scandal
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Why can't PMs deliver their vision?
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Concrete comms; One Year Since Liz Truss
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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🚨RESHUFFLE (A mini one, anyway)
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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(not) Education week
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Will we all feel better off next year?
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Stop the Boats week
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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The Connectivity of Politicians
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Yet More Foot-Shooty
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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A Standard Dangle Trick
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Can the NHS survive to 100 as we know it?
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Lame duck?
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Johnson Misleads Parliament
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Secret Foreign Trips
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Pestminster, WhatsApp and a PM Abroad (and Kirsty's Mugs)
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Messiah or a Naughty Boy?
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May 25, 2023 |
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Manifesto Destiny
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May 18, 2023 |
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The Art of Coalition
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May 11, 2023 |
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Local Elections: Kirsty and Frankie on Frothy Politics
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May 05, 2023 |
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Suella, Dominic and the Coalition
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Inside the Good Friday Agreement
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Liz Truss's Speechwriter & Ed Miliband's 2015 Election
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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How to fix everything that's broken
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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The Leisure Centre Local Election
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Momentum (not that one)
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Boris & Brexit... again
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Behind the scenes on Budget Day
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Immigration: Virtue Signalling & Value Signalling
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Kebabs Akimbo, Lockdown Files & Windsor Wins For Rishi
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Keir's on a Mission
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Calum was right: Nicola Sturgeon Resigns
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Nicola Sturgeon, Lee Anderson & Bill Clinton
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Stop it and Roll it: Sunak's 100 Days
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Zahawi, Marshmallows and Team (un)Bonding
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Handling shock resignations & cliquey MPs
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Welcome to The Tunnel
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Biggest Hits of 2022
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Whitehall's Christmas Parties
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Jaw-dropping Moments of 2022
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Strikes, Immigration - and a new co-host
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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The Government's Advent Calendar
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Hellish Honeymoon
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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IndyRef2 and Britzerland
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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The Not-Mini Budget* (*autumn statement)
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Gav the Enforcer, Hancock's in slurry and why isn't Oscar a Lord?
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Test Balloons & Attack Strategies
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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A BraverMan than I
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Stop it and Roll it: Sunak's First Speech
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Rishi Ready?
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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The Resignation of Liz Truss
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Shuffling the Shambles
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Will the Tories keep swiping left?
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Oct 15, 2022 |
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Writing Off the Car
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Welcome to Whitehall Sources
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Oct 10, 2022 |