@samcoatessky.bsky.social here on how #Starmer won't win his faux battle with bat tunnels without getting rid of the Habitats Directive .. and that would
breach our trade agreement with the EU
Surely not worth it even in the warped world of Labour's #BuildBabyBuild
WATCH: youtu.be/m5qB0Gk6Ugk?...
Three nominations for POLITICO at the inaugural Political Podcast Awards alongside our partners Sky News:
◻️ Best Presenters - Jack Blanchard & @samcoatessky.bsky.social
◻️ Most Original Format - Politics at Jack and Sam's
◻️ Rising Star - @saschaosullivan.bsky.social
The finalists for the Political Podcast Awards 2025 BEST NEWCOMER Electoral Dysfunction (Sky News) Politics Weekly (The Guardian) The Daily T (The Daily Telegraph) COMEDY MOMENT OF THE YEAR Electoral Dysfunction (Sky News) For The Many (LBC) The Political Party with Matt Forde (Avalon) MOST ORIGINAL FORMAT Politics at Jack and Sam’s (Sky News and Politico) Political Fourcast (Channel 4 News) Simple Politics (Stripped Media) PRESENTER OF THE YEAR Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart – The Rest is Politics (Goalhanger) Beth Rigby, Ruth Davidson, Harriet Harman, and Jess Phillips – Electoral Dysfunction (Sky) Chris Mason, Laura Kuenssberg, Adam Fleming, and Paddy O’Connell – Newscast (BBC) Hannah Barnes – The New Statesman Jack Blanchard and Sam Coates – Politics at Jack and Sam’s (Sky News and Politico) PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Andrew Alexander: How to Win An Election (The Times) The Channel 4 News Team: Political Fourcast Laura Fitzpatrick: Sky News
🎉 Great to see the nominations here for Electoral Dysfunction @bethrigby.bsky.social and Politics at Jack and Sam's @samcoatessky.bsky.social from @news.sky.com 🎉
Why the Spending Review - launched today - will dominate the next 6 months - and will be hellishly hard
Today in <20mins
Listen here:
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Just finished recording Politics at Jack and Sam's Daily
- What promise is Starmer's announcement really trying to solve
- How did they get their pledges on the economy so wrong
- How Missions have divided Keir Starmer's team for months
Everything you need ahead of the speech
London Bridge waifs and strays
London Bridge waifs and strays
Just finished recording Politics at Jack and Sam's Daily
- Trump's new man in the UK
- What's the significant bit of the Starmer ForPol speech
- Reform, that donation and the Bro vote Sky special
- Why we're watching for Rachel Reeves today
Out wherever you get podcasts from 740
The @skynews Stuart Ramsey interview with President Zelensky making the front pages today
If you go into Parliament Live, there’s a list of speakers in the Commons. I counted that up, so that’s speeches but not interventions
Assisted dying: This is one of the most absorbing, difficult and compelling of debates I can remember taking place in the House of Commons chamber. So much thought has gone into each contributions. MPs have wrestled deeply with this.
Sky scoop by Rob Powell and Alexandra Rogers forces resignation of Lou Haigh as Transport Secretary
Just recorded today's Politics at Jack and Sam Daily
- Inside PMQs prep
- What issue hangs over cabsec decision
- The cabinet division over growth
And no, I don't look my best in this pic, but I'm using it anyway
It’s out -🎙️Politics at Jack and Sam’s Daily 🎙️
🎙️Chx leaves no wiggle room on taxes/borrowing: careless or deliberate?
🎙️Treasury +needs+ welfare savings to avoid cuts
🎙️Britain tit for tat tariffs but will it use them
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Huh, govt talking about swapping out its growth target for some sort of disposable income goal, per @samcoatessky.bsky.social this morning.
See also the softening of language last week on the 1.5m housebuilding target on.ft.com/4fWV8GV
It’s out - Monday’s Politics at Jack and Sam’s Daily
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Also relevant though, as @samcoatessky.bsky.social just touched on with @sophyridge.bsky.social on #politicshub is that Prescott was based in reality, and as Blair suggested, never fell for liberal tribalism.
TB also warned of the political danger of woke here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Tbh this is how you do it. Gordon Brown’s words on Prescott is a sucker punch rather than the AI “insert tribute here” we get from elsewhere
Really sad news about John Prescott. Blair’s left hand man. From cruise ship steward to Deputy PM, that’s one hell of a journey.
👇👇This from @samcoatessky.bsky.social is worth a listen
Don’t think today’s John Prescott coverage is about the past. It’s very much about today - and a great prism to understand present day Labour.
Download wherever you get your podcasts
And why Keir Starmer should dispense with whoever wrote the Prescott tribute quote - it was very pedestrian and emotionless
How today’s Labour Party is shaped by John Prescott
Do listen to today’s pod -
* John Prescott’s legacy is alive today
* What a Labour deputy leader does and doesn’t do well
* Blair’s pointed message to Keir Starmer embedded in the Prescott tribute
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Agree with this analysis from Sam. The assisted dying bill has quickly become one of the most politically problematic issues for the new government, all stemming from Keir Starmer’s promise of a vote on ITV News in March.
My piece on how some in No10 are hoping the assisted dying legislation itself dies a death
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Alex Burghart will represent the Tories against Angela Rayner at Deputy PMQs on Wednesday
