In this week’s episode, we talk about red London – just how badly will the Tories do in the upcoming local elections, and why do people love Sadiq Khan? We also talk about the end of Macron’s political honeymoon, and the death of the Grand Tour.
As national headlines are dominated by Jeremy Corbyn, local Labour candidates are preparing for a sweeping victory through London’s upcoming local elections. Will Heaven, the Spectator’s Managing Editor, writes in this week’s cover that ‘the Tories are braced for disaster’. Why is London turning red? Joining him is Andrew Gilligan, senior correspondent at the Sunday Times, who writes in this week’s magazine that Sadiq Khan doesn’t deserve his popularity; and finally with us this week is Pippa Crerar, Deputy Political Editor at the Guardian. On Tory concern of local losses, Will tells us:
‘The Tories in London are worried enough about it that they’ve had meetings over the last year where they’ve discussed breaking away from the national leadership, which I think is quite telling in itself.’
As Emmanuel Macron approaches a year in office, his political honeymoon is coming to an end.
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