Political Capital
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -Lansons public affairs experts analyse political and public policy events - and their relevance for business - with the Polling experts from Opinium. Subscribe to our ‘Political Capital’ newsletter, in partnership with Opinium Research. Produced and recorded by Lansons.
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Post-Budget Reflections
November 02, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBThe Lansons Public Affairs team analyse the impact of and outcomes from the government's Autumn Budget and Spending Review. Is the Chancellor less Rishi Osborne and more Gordon Sunak? This budget saw more spending than any other Chancellor since 2010, returning spending levels to the point when Conservatives took over from Labour. By 2026, taxes are scheduled to be at the highest levels since the Attlee Government. Are these the right circumstances in which to persuade businesses to invest...
Political Capital: Super Thursday and the Queen’s Speech
May 13, 2021 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBThe full Lansons PA team unpick the results from “Super Thursday” – where local, devolved and mayoral races took place on the same day – and examine the legislative programme unveiled by the Government at the State Opening of Parliament. Sign up for the Political Capital newsletter here. Produced remotely by Lansons. Head to our Remote Content and Broadcast Production hub to learn more about Lansons and our services.
US Election Aftermath and Labour’s New Lead
November 13, 2020 15:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBOpinium’s Head of Political Polling, Adam Drummond, and Lansons Lead Political Consultant, James Dowling ask what happened to the US polls and what happens now. They also unpick Opinium’s UK polling on party’s and the prospect for a UK/US trade deal. Produced remotely by Lansons. Head to our Remote Content and Broadcast Production hub to learn more about what we can produce for you.
US Election 2020 Special
October 29, 2020 10:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBOpinium Head of Political Polling, Adam Drummond, and Lansons Associate Director and former Conservative Campaign Adviser, Mitchell Cohen dig into the numbers for next week’s US Election: Challenging popular myths about the race, examining the chances of each candidate and explaining how you poll one of the largest democracies in the world. Produced remotely by Lansons. Head to our Remote Content and Broadcast Production hub to learn more about what we can produce for you.
Neck and Neck
October 19, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBRecorded: 14.10.20 James Dowling and Senior Research Manager at Opinium, James Crouch, explore the company’s weekend poll which shows Labour and the Conservative Party neck and neck. We also explore attitudes towards lockdown – How are the UK population weighing up the balance between the economy and health? Do the measures announced go far enough? What does all this mean for the winter? Highlights: What difference does Labour’s new leader make? Did conference season change anything? Ca...
Political Capital: Britain’s Favourite Politician
October 08, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBIn our pilot episode of a new fortnightly series of Political Capital Opinium’s Head of Political Polling, Adam Drummond, and Lansons Lead Political Consultant, James Dowling, consider the fortunes of Britain’s favourite politician: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak – examining his politics, his popular perception and his polling. We also take a look at one of the more unusual “polls” of British politics, Conservative Home’s monthly Cabinet rankings. Highlights: What direction ...
Britain’s Favourite Politician
October 08, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBIn our pilot episode of a new fortnightly series of Political Capital Opinium’s Head of Political Polling, Adam Drummond, and Lansons Lead Political Consultant, James Dowling, consider the fortunes of Britain’s favourite politician: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak – examining his politics, his popular perception and his polling. We also take a look at one of the more unusual “polls” of British politics, Conservative Home’s monthly Cabinet rankings. Highlights: What direction of tra...
COVID, Brexit and the recovery with David Gauke
April 27, 2020 17:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBThe judgement of history on the Government’s COVID response will come in due course and could ultimately vindicate them. The public verdict will, however, come much sooner and could nevertheless go the other way. Former Cabinet Minister David Gauke discusses with James Dowling, Lansons lead political consultant. Produced remotely by Lansons. Head to our Remote Content and Broadcast Production hub to learn more about what we can produce for you.