{"id":793,"date":"2024-07-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/podcasts.ncl.ac.uk\/fromnewcastle\/?p=793"},"modified":"2024-07-01T15:40:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T14:40:23","slug":"election-2024-explained-what-the-general-election-means-for-the-north-east-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/podcasts.ncl.ac.uk\/fromnewcastle\/election-2024-explained-what-the-general-election-means-for-the-north-east-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Election 2024 Explained: What the general election means for the North East and beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Election 2024 Explained: What the general election means for the North East and beyond\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/5ZbRcy4mNdcTUrjSeQbPGT?si=7d4017c3964c42ef&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a special episode ahead of the UK General Election on 4 July 2024 we talk to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/hca\/people\/profile\/martinfarr.html\">Dr Martin Farr<\/a>, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History at Newcastle University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore the important questions surrounding the general election, including why the election was called and what the outcome could mean for the North East and the future of our country.<br><br>Find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/hca\/people\/profile\/martinfarr.html\">Martin&#8217;s work <\/a>and follow him on X\/twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/martinjohnfarr\">@martinjohnfarr<\/a>.<br><br><strong>Useful links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Politico: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/\">https:\/\/www.politico.com\/<\/a> <br>Electoral Calculus: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electoralcalculus.co.uk\/homepage.html\">https:\/\/www.electoralcalculus.co.uk\/homepage.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a special episode ahead of the UK General Election, Eden talks to Dr Martin Farr at Newcastle University about what the outcome could mean for the North East and the future of our country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4659,"featured_media":791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[74,75],"class_list":["post-793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-election","tag-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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