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• Mark Carney wins: Is woke here to stay in Canada?

  Canada’s Liberal Party have secured a remarkable comeback at the election, with former Bank of England governor Mark Carney declaring victory to become the country's Prime Minister. The party had faced electoral wipeout under predecessor Justin Trudeau, but a new wave of Canadian patriotism brought on by threats by Trump to make Canada the 51st state has powered the party to success. But has the country made a mistake by electing yet another liberal? Kamal and Camilla are joined by Mark MacKinnon, Senior International Correspondent for Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, to discuss what Carney’s rule might look like and the future of the Conservatives of the country. Plus, as Europe sees its worst power cut to date, plunging Spain and Portugal into chaos yesterday as millions were left without power and transport, we ask - is net zero to blame?Producers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsSocial Media Producer: Rachel DuffyVideo Editor: Valerie BrowneStudio Operator: Meghan SearleEditor: Camilla Tominey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Is Keir Starmer trying to walk us back into the EU?

  As Channel crossings hit 10,000 this year and with Labour set for a drubbing in the local elections, the Government is scrambling to appear tough on immigration.New measures will make it harder for firms to hire from overseas and penalise bosses who break employment law. But will the plans really bring down immigration, let alone ‘smash the gangs’ as Labour promised?Kamal and Camilla are joined by Lord Frost, Boris Johnson’s Brexit negotiator, who says successive governments have failed to be strict enough with immigration controls.He also accuses Keir Starmer of handing powers back to the EU as part of his 'reset' with the bloc – while asking for nothing in return.We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcastRead: Starmer to rent homes for Channel migrants, Charles HymasProducers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia CoanPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineyExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsSocial Media Producer: Rachel DuffyVideo Editor: Andy MackenzieStudio Operator: Meghan SearleEditor: Camilla TomineyOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Here comes Farage’s big election test - will he pass?

  The local elections are just around the corner, with voters heading to the polls on May 1st. It’s the first big test for the political parties since the general election, particularly the Reform Party, who are expected to make big gains in the North. The party hopes to claim a win in Runcorn and Helsby as their first ever by-election victory, making them a very serious contender for the governing party in the next big election.Cleo Watson and Kamal Ahmed are joined by Luke Tryl, executive director of More in Common and The Telegraph’s data expert Ollie Corfe to find out which seats we should be watching, where Labour and Tories could be losing seats to Reform, and why Nigel Farage’s party could end up being the biggest in the country.Producers: Georgia Coan Executive Producer: Louisa WellsPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineySocial Media Producer: Rachel DuffyStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: James MoorheadOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Is multiculturalism dead? Nigel Farage speaks to The Daily T in Dover

  Nigel Farage has spoken in Dover as Reform ramp up their campaigning with the local elections just over a week away.He went big on immigration, saying that “we must discriminate when it comes to who can come into our country". Speaking to The Daily T afterwards, Farage said that multiculturalism had been a “huge error” and that “successive governments haven’t thought it mattered”.Camilla and Kamal reflect on Farage’s comments and speak to Swedish journalist Diamant Salihu about how the multicultural dream in his country went fatally wrong, with ethnic mafias from the Middle East and the Balkans driving a violent crime epidemic.Read: How Sweden’s multicultural dream went fatally wrongThe cult of multiculturalism has failed Britain, Tomiwa OwoladeI have 45pc chance of becoming PM: On the doorsteps with Nigel Farage, Ben Riley SmithProducers: Georgia Coan and Lilian FawcettSenior Producer: John CadiganExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineySocial Media Producer: Ji-Min LeeStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Valerie BrownOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Rachel Reeves is in trouble – and Trump's making it worse

  The Chancellor flew to the US for a meeting of the International Monetary Fund this week, just as the agency downgraded Britain’s growth prospects for the coming year.Rachel Reeves is there partly to move along trade talks with Washington, but the White House is embroiled in chaos of its own. Markets are in turmoil over tariffs, while defence secretary Pete Hegseth is embroiled in another Signal messaging saga. Kamal and Camilla are joined by former Trump national security advisor (turned vocal critic) John Bolton, who says the president “doesn’t have ideas; he has reactions”.Bolton also reacts to the news that American negotiators cancelled a trip to London to discuss a peace plan for Ukraine, and says he is worried Trump is being led astray on a nuclear deal with Iran that’s “not worth the paper it’s printed on”.Read: Complacency on China risks bringing London ‘to its knees’Producers: Georgia Coan and Lilian FawcettExecutive Producer: Louisa WellsPlanning Editor: Venetia RaineySocial Media Producer: Ji-Min LeeStudio Operator: Meghan SearleVideo Editor: Valerie BrownOriginal music by Goss Studio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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