The race is on to get candidates in place for the general election, with the Tories having to deal with more MPs announcing their departure by the day.

The political masterminds Peter Mandelson, Polly Mackenzie and Daniel Finkelstein join Matt Chorley to discuss who the parties will pick, and who they’ll come to regret.

And has Rishi Sunak’s campaign actually started better than we’d expected?

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