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With 48 hours to go before the local and devolved elections, the verdict seems to be in already: the public hates Sir Keir Starmer and the two main parties – and many will never vote for Labour or the Conservatives again.

That is according to new polling, which also also showed an appetite for NHS reform and higher taxes on big business and the rich. Camilla and Tim are joined by Scarlett Maguire and Lee Cain, the pollsters behind the findings, to understand why the public is losing faith in politics.

Meanwhile, they discuss the state of the campaign trail, with Kemi Badenoch clashing with a pro-Palestine heckler and Zack Polanski’s poll ratings tanking after his row with the police.

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Senior Producer: John Cadigan
Executive Producer: Charlotte Seligman
Video Producer: Will Walters
Studio Director: Meghan Searle
Editor: Camilla Tominey

Highlights
New polling shows public disdain for Labour and Conservatives
Only one in seven will ever vote for traditional parties again
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In June 2023, the Titan submersible disaster saw a deep-sea sub vanish during a dive to the Titanic wreck, triggering a global search before it was confirmed the vessel had catastrophically imploded.

In this Daily T special, Tim Stanley and Rachel Johnson speak to Christine Dawood, who lost her husband Shahzada and her son Suleman in the disaster.

In her memoir Ninety-Six Hours, she recounts the agonising wait aboard the support vessel as the search unfolded above the wreck of the RMS Titanic sinking, and reveals the heartbreaking decision that led her to give up her own seat on the submersible to her son, who had dreamed of making the dive.

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Executive Producer: Charlotte Seligman
Video Producer: Will Walters
Studio Director: Meghan Searle
Editor: Camilla Tominey

Highlights
Christine Dawood on the agonising decision to give her Titan Sub seat to her son
She describes how she learned about the "preventable" disaster
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It’s the final stop for The Daily T’s tour of Britain, and we couldn’t let it go by without a right royal special. Lady Colin Campbell and Phil Dampier, royal reporter extraordinaire, join Camilla and Tim in front of a live audience in sunny Worthing.

They discuss the success of the King’s visit to the US, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s “half-in-and-half-out” approach to the Royal family; and what Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should do next.

Our guests also reveal their favourite memories of the late Queen and consider if the British monarchy will still exist in 100 years...

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Producers: Georgia Coan and Lilian Fawcett
Senior Producer: John Cadigan
Executive Producer: Charlotte Seligman
Video Producer: Will Walters
Camera Operator: Andy Mackenzie
Editor: Camilla Tominey

Highlights
A royal special in Worthing with Lady Colin Campbell and Phil Dampier
Harry and Meghan’s “half-in-half-out” approach and what Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should do next
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To kick off The Daily T On Tour, Conservative, Reform and Labour politicians joined Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley to go head to head live on stage – and it didn’t disappoint.

James Cleverly, Tory shadow housing secretary, Zia Yusuf, Reform’s home affairs spokesman and James Murray, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, hashed it out about the immigration “invasion” of Britain; how Starmer’s Government is clobbering the middle class; and if our diminished military could defend the Falklands today.

In a sometimes testy exchange, Mr Cleverly attacked Reform’s record in local government, Mr Yusuf went after the Tories over immigration figures, and Mr Murray was almost laughed out the room when he tries to defend Labour’s welfare policies.

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Editor: Camilla Tominey

Highlights
Tories, Labour and Reform go head-to-head with a live audience
Spokesman clash on immigration, welfare and tax
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Keir Starmer faced a fired-up Kemi Badenoch at the final Prime Minister’s Questions before the local elections this lunchtime, with the PM refusing to explicitly rule out sacking his Chancellor, Rachel Reeves.

Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley are live at Warwick University with special guest Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg as part of the Daily T: On the Road, who says he has heard Andy Burnham is ready for a leadership challenge immediately after May 7.

They also discuss the creeping rise of sectarian and political violence, with an antisemitic attack in Golders Green, North London, and Nigel Farage admitting to this newspaper that his home had been “firebombed”.

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Producers: Georgia Coan and Lilian Fawcett
Senior Producer: John Cadigan
Executive Producer: Charlotte Seligman
Video Producer: Will Walters
Camera Operator: Andy Mackenzie
Editor: Camilla Tominey

Highlights
Starmer refuses to rule out sacking his Chancellor at PMQs
Jacob Rees-Mogg reveals rumours of an Andy Burnham leadership challenge after May 7
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