141: The Wheels On The Bus

A frenetic start to the 2019 General Election campaign. Tom Watson stuns Labour by quitting, as deputy leader and an MP. What impact will that have on support for the party?

Meanwhile, the wheels fall off the Conservative campaign in spectacular fashion, with a series of blunders distracting attention from Boris Johnson’s big launch.

We examine Jacob Rees-Mogg’s extraordinary comments on Grenfell, the resignation of the Welsh Secretary, the astonishing lurch into fake news, and the reluctance to release a report into Russian interference in the UK’s democracy.

Meanwhile, why does Jo Swinson keep insisting she’s destined to be Prime Minister, and why did anyone think Theresa May deserved the label “inspiring public speaker.”

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