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Sunak’s betting crisis, Starmer’s gender row and Farage takes on the Mail

With ten days until polling day, Amol and Nick look at the latest election headlines and catch up with pollster James Kanagasooriam.

With ten days until polling day Amol and Nick look at the ongoing betting crisis for the Conservatives and discuss why gender is back in the headlines for Labour.

They dissect Nick’s TV interview with Nigel Farage, which dominated the news over the weekend after the Reform UK leader said West provoked the war in Ukraine.

Plus, pollster and friend of the podcast James Kanagasooriam is in the studio to analyse the results from his latest poll and answer your questions.

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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both presenters of ±«Óãtv Radio 4’s Today programme, the UK’s most influential radio news programme. Amol was the ±«Óãtv’s media editor for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he’s also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the ±«Óãtv’s political editor for ten years before that and also previously worked as ITV’s political editor.

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The senior producer is Tom Smithard, the producer is Hatty Nash. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths. Technical production from Phil Bull and digital production from Joe Wilkinson.

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