Revolt on the right! Reform, Rishi and (Red) Wall-to-Wall Chaos

Lee Anderson grabbed the headlines this week as he defected from
the Conservatives to become Reform UK’s first MP. This prompted
rumours of further red wall MPs thinking about defecting. This
week we ask, is there a new revolt on the right?


Amol is joined by James Kanagasooriam, the pollster who first
identified and the defined the red wall, to look at what will
happen in those constituencies in the coming general election and
whether Reform UK offers a genuine threat.


Dame Andrea Jenkyns gives Amol the lowdown on the mood among
Conservative MPs and says she would like to see a new leader
before the election.


Plus property presenting duo Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer
call in to give Amol their moments of the week.


And Nick’s away – but the pod squad have come up with a genius
way of ensuring his presence is felt…


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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both
presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the UK’s most
influential radio news programme. Amol was the BBC’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 BBC’s
political editor for ten years before that and also previously
worked as ITV’s political editor.


The senior producer is Tom Smithard, the producers are Hazel
Morgan and Joe Wilkinson. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The
executive producer is Owenna Griffiths. Technical production from
Matt Hewitt and digital production from Elliot Ryder.