Election Beat: The Drum’s general election media podcast

May 14 2015 3 ep. 52 mins 1

Election Beat: The Drum’s general election media podcast artwork

In the run-up to the general election, The Drum has launched a weekly podcast looking at the key media and marketing moments of the campaign.

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Next Labour leader, Lib Dem rebrand and can pollsters be trusted again?

May 14 2015 52 mins

On the final Election Beat podcast, polling expert Emily Hunt and one of the few pundits who predicted a Conservative majority, Michael Moszynski, discuss how the opinion pollsters got it so badly wrong and whether they can be trusted again in future. And they're joined by regular guests Chris Boffey, Ryan Wain and Chris Moody to consider who has the right profile to be the next L

#Edstone, the best & worst campaigns and the media's influence on voters

May 05 2015 52 mins

#Edstone, the best & worst campaigns and the media's influence on voters by The Drum

Miliband & Russell Brand, the truth about polls and political gaffes

Apr 27 2015 51 mins

On The Drum's Election Beat podcast this week, we examine the parties' tactics with just a week remaining to win voters over. Was Ed Miliband's interview with Russell Brand a campaign masterstroke or a PR mistake? And can the Conservatives continue to preach that they’re the Treasury's safest pair of hands as official figures show UK economic growth has slowed down? We also de