“The story is not only massive, it’s really bizarre” SNP MP Mhairi Black 🏳️‍🌈 criticises the culture of secrecy in Westminster, as Tory MP Mark Menzies has the whip removed in response to allegations of misconduct. Mr Menzies disputes the allegations. youtu.be/Rz-knSgTAw0

"Do we need a set of armed forces that could fight Russia in a land war? Yes." James Heappey and Ruth Anderson discuss the possibility of British troops fighting a ground war against Russia in Europe. Watch The Political Fourcast: youtu.be/uMj-KGROMts?si…

‘Trump will be the boss.’ Krishnan Guru-Murthy challenges James Heappey and Ruth Anderson over their parties’ strategy for the Ukraine Russia war and asks if a Donald Trump presidency will force Kyiv to surrender. WATCH IN FULL: youtu.be/uMj-KGROMts&t

“Do they need British boots on the ground?” “In Western Ukraine to do the training, yes.” Conservative MP James Heappey, who recently stepped down as Armed Forces minister, says British troops could have a more engaged role in Ukraine. WATCH IN FULL: youtu.be/uMj-KGROMts&t

"I think Rishi Sunak is safe. But all in all it's a bad set of results." Former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng says it would be “ridiculous” to replace Rishi Sunak despite local election results. Watch the full episode of the Political Fourcast here: youtu.be/MAvPR-0IGhQ

“Rishi Sunak is an optimist who thinks time is his friend.” The Spectator editor Fraser Nelson says he thinks the general election will be in November. Labour’s Baroness Smith asks if there’ll be so many by-elections by then it will have happened by default.

If Keir Starmer won the election “he would be the most unpopular opposition leader to become prime minister in recent history”, but he’s still more popular than Rishi Sunak More in Common pollster Luke Tryl says. Watch the full podcast here: youtube.com/watch?v=UT0wp6…

'Whose children doesn’t he want to go to university? Presumably not his own'. Rishi Sunak is promoting a '1950s vision' of Britain with announcements on national service and higher education, former universities minister and Conservative peer Lord Johnson says.

"It's a lie... [and] it's a disgrace." Emily Thornberry says the Conservatives used "a whole lot of garbage" to come up with their figure that Labour will raise taxes by £2,000 if they win the election. WATCH IN FULL: youtu.be/fly_1ZOOkAM

“People become supine and craven.” The Conservative Party may end up like Donald Trump's MAGA Republican Party if Nigel Farage takes over, Conservative peer Lord Johnson says.

“Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, Geert Wilders… don't offer any answers. They just offer you somebody to blame.” Labour's Stella Creasy and Krishnan Guru-Murthy discuss whether a Keir Starmer government that only makes “relatively modest” changes will pave the way for a resurgent right-wing.

“They are genuinely exhausted by politics.” “We’ve had too many scandals.” Pollster Luke Tryl and Labour’s Bell Ribeiro-Addy discuss what voters are looking for from a new Labour government. WATCH IN FULL: youtu.be/aMlPWmSqOSg

The Political Fourcast was one of the most watched podcasts on YouTube over the election period, according to data analysed by Press Gazette. In what was dubbed "the first podcast election”, The Political Fourcast had the second most views per episode.  pressgazette.co.uk/podcasts/first…

The Shawn Seesahai case is appalling and has attracted huge media attention. But the increasing volume of children being convicted of murder is no secret. Jackie Long, Calum Fraser and I reported last year on the soaring number of young killers channel4.com/news/devastati…

Budget 2024: will Labour’s £40bn tax hike backfire? youtu.be/0yFHZoIJ9sU

Will Donald Trump be an ‘authoritarian’ in power? youtu.be/vA37hb_R5qc

Our Producer of the Year finalists are: Andrew Alexander: How to Win An Election (The Times) The Channel 4 News Team: Political Fourcast Laura Fitzpatrick: Electoral Dysfunction (Sky News)

Great to see our original format ‘The Political Fourcast’ a two-time finalist for this year’s Political Podcast awards iNHouse. The podcast has seen strong performance since it launched, championing our expertise in depth, analysis and long-form production. Many

It’s clear from this that the only difference between Steve Witkoff’s and Vladmir Putin’s views on the war in Ukraine is that Putin actually knows the names of all the five Ukrainian regions he wants to keep.