This week, Emma Burnell is away so Claire Pearsall joins Charlotte Henry. After 20 years in the Tories, Claire is in the perfect position to try and explain what on Earth happened in the shock leadership election result that saw previous favourite James Cleverly knocked out. Before that, they look at some rather uncomfortable polling for Labour. Labour and Starmer approval ratings continue to drop as government nears 100 days in power Badenoch and Jenrick reach final two in Tory race – BBC News Charlotte Henry on Threads Charlotte Henry's website and newsletter – The Addition Claire Pearsall on Twitter Emma Burnell on Twitter Emma Burnell's newsletter, Hard Thinking on the Soft Left House of Comments on Twitter Support House of Comments on Patreon - just £5 a month – to help us create the best, independent coverage of this new political era. House of Comments is a C.A.H Multimedia production in association with Political Human.