In today’s episode:

Loyal, dependable and now… independent, thanks to having the Conservative whip removed after voting against the government – Tory bastion David Gauke has announced he’s running as an independent in his previously safe Tory stronghold of South West Hertfordshire.

The 2019 election campaign so far is the kind satirists live for. So today’s Leader podcast speaks to Evening Standard cartoonist Christian Adams takes us through the skill of satire – and why Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are such a gift to cartoonists.

Donald Trump, who prides himself on his TV ratings, is furious that impeachment proceedings against him are being televised. The Evening Standard’s US Political Columnist Philip Delves Broughton tells The Leader whether the democrats are likely to succeed in ousting him – and what their plan might be otherwise.

Also, Greta Thunberg’s in a transatlantic race against time to sail from the US to Spain for a climate change conference after the location changed at the last minute. Will she make it? We wish her the best of luck!

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