Hello! We are Gabriel, Lara, and Harry, members of The Times and The Sunday Times' political teams. Between us we’ve interviewed major politicians from every party, followed them on campaign trails and travelled up and down the country talking to the public about what they want from this election. We will be online at 5pm to answer your questions.
Gabriel Pogrund is Whitehall editor at The Sunday Times. He was named Journalist of the Year at the 2023 British Journalism Awards for his reporting on the government, the BBC and MI5 and MI6
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Harry Yorke is the Deputy Political editor at The Sunday Times. His reporting on Richard Sharp and Boris Johnson’s £800,000 loan led to the BBC chairman’s resignation
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Lara Spirit is Red Box editor for The Times. Based in Westminster, Lara writes The Times's morning politics newsletter
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Why do you think it is that Labour financial and spending plans are given much more scrutiny and treated which much more scepticism by the media than Conservative plans?
Some of their recent work:
Some of their recent work:
Gabriel:
The real Rachel Reeves — and the moment she won over Keir Starmer [bit.ly/4cLLNPU](http://bit.ly/4cLLNPU)
Harry:
Jeremy Hunt wants to help six-figure earners — if he keeps his seat [bit.ly/3zrMVKk](http://bit.ly/3zrMVKk)
Lara:
Newsletter here: [https://bit.ly/45RnBcY](https://bit.ly/45RnBcY)
In my opinion, the media are responsible for a lot of negativity and enabling the worst excesses of the political class. Do you feel like working for the Murdoch press is something to be proud of?
Why has the Times published so much transphobia in the past 8 years, and do you feel any degree of culpability for the current media obsession around my ability to use a public bathroom?
Would you rather fight 650 Kier Starmer sized Rishi Sunaks, or 650 Rishi Sunak sized Kier Starmers?
This Tory campaign has been absolutely woeful, probably the worst in living memory. What are your views on why this is? Have they given up? Have they run out of ideas? Is it personal incompetence on behalf of the Sunak team? Is the Tory party dead in the water? Or have the usual spin movers and shakers simply failed to get behind their cause, as they usually do?
What’s with the sudden spike in transphobia?
Do you feel that there’s an inherent conflict of interest for journalism outlets trying sell paper/get clicks based on controversial figures like Nigel Farage? E.g. appearing on Question Time, in articles and headlines etc. far more often than their relevance in parliament actually warrants.
Interested in how you view the potential of there being a repeating cycle where he is only relevant because journalists make him relevant because it gains views, and then justify his inclusion by claiming he is relevant.
Why is lying in the media so prevalent this election?
Predictions for the number of seats for the Conservatives come Friday? Is this the beginning of the end for the party? Where do they go from here to claim their core voter base?