Hello and welcome to The Rundown, a podcast from Politics Home with me Alan Tolhurst.

This week, we're welcoming in the new year by looking ahead to the next 12 months in British politics

with our preview of 2025. What will be the big flashpoints as Kirstama tries to boost his

flagging premiership? Can Kemi revive the Tories in the face of threats of Nigel Farage's reform party? And will the UK continue to have a

fractured five-party politics? Luckily I have with me two of the lobby's finest navigate

through another complex year after their predictions for 2024 held up well, mostly.

Starting with LBC's star political editor Natasha Clark and our own big chief, Paul Home editor, Adam Payne.

So although this has very much a westminster focus, normally, I think the big event, you know, this month in January, takes place in Washington, D.C. as Donald Trump returns to the White House for his second go as US president.

Adam, what do you think this is going to

mean for the UK? There's already been a lot of hang winging over what a Trump presidency is going

to mean. What do you think is going to be the first big thing that the UK has to deal with

when Trump takes over? God. Where do you even begin? Yeah, I know. Well, I think it's worth saying that Keir Stama's team, his people,

have put in quite a lot of effort to try and build bridges with, you know, the Trump transition team.

Having somewhat burned them perhaps over the previous years.

Well, yeah, because so we've had to think Morgan McSweeney, PM's chief of staff,

as well as Jonathan Powell, the new National Security Advisor,

have met people in Trump's team to try and

and also worth saying that Kirstama himself had dinner with Trump towards the back end of

2024.

The famous second helpings dinner.

Yeah, and apparently they got on pretty well.

But look, I think one of the first thing it comes to mind when considering where there could

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