Britain braced itself for widespread rioting and anti-immigration demonstrations, with shops boarding up their storefronts and commuters told to take care on their way home. Instead, a pushback from counter protestors and a heavy police presence largely quelled any violence. Ed Balls and Grant Shapps – who is in the seat for George Osborne – consider how Keir Starmer has handled the situation. Grant gives his honest opinion on how all his previous leaders handled their own crises – from the best all the way to Liz Truss.

And, the battle for both the Tory leadership and the party’s soul now fully underway. Grant talks to Ed about losing his seat. And he weighs in on how far to the right the Conservatives should be going (not far) and whether they should be taking a leaf out of Nigel Farage’s book…

Plus, in our bonus summer material, Ed and George discuss the risks and realities of trying to take a summer holiday as a politician. Does it matter where you go? And when do you need to make the call to cancel? Someone might want to forward this along to Keir Starmer…

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