Rivals to lead Labour out of the hole they climbed into at the election set out their stalls — but some seem to think it’s the voters that need to change, not the party. In the first podcast of 2020, Paul Osbourne and Robert Meakin ask how Kier Starmer managed to grab the initiative, and whether Rebecca Long-Bailey can get her campaign back on track.

Plus we (foolishly) try to predict one potential outcome of a race so ludicrous Alan Johnson decided his time was better spent as a singing pharaoh on television.

The stand-off between Iran and the United States presents Boris Johnson with his first big foreign policy test as Prime Minister. But is he really willing to stand up to Donald Trump?

And Dominic Cummings puts out his appeal for weirdos and misfits to work with him. But will he find anyone weirder than himself?

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