Candidates in the watch-style by-election and strategies for winning in a recession

Is it the economy, stupid, that will decide the election? Could green shoots come to the government's rescue?

Political masterminds Peter Mandelson, Polly Mackenzie and Daniel Finkelstein join Matt Chorley to look at what happens when the country goes to the polls during a recession.

They also find out why Polly's gone viral, how parties vet candidates, and when politics has moved them to tears.

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