During Monday’s instalment of took a moment to congratulate her colleague on his recent accolade away from the programme.
While discussing the day’s news with guests Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire, she interjected: “Finally before we go. A huge congratulations to Ed Balls for winning these fantastic awards at the Political Podcast Awards 2025 interview of the year. The People’s Choice Award.”
Ed then shared with the audience that their category was uniquely decided by public vote. Susanna continued with praise, saying: “A huge well done.”
Intrigued, Andrew asked about the specific interview that garnered the award. Ed revealed: “Michael Gove on the referendum. We warbled on for about an hour and a half!”
Susanna was quick to congratulate Ed on his awards (Image: ITV)
He also mentioned that he co-hosts the Political Currency podcast with George Osborne, reports .
Kevin humorously added: “People can listen and they can hate one of both! That’s the joy of it!” This prompted laughter from the panel. Susanna quickly chimed in to maintain the show’s positive atmosphere: “No hate on this programme!”
Following the victory last week, the podcast’s official Twitter account posted a video of Ed and George expressing gratitude for the support, alongside a caption celebrating the double win at the #PoliticalPodcastAwards and thanking their voters.
In a celebratory video, Ed proudly declared: “We’ve just won awards at the Political Podcast of the Year Awards. In fact, we didn’t just win one.”
Ed Balls spoke about his podcast win on Monday’s Good Morning Britain (Image: ITV)
After a brief pause, his co-host George jovially revealed a second trophy, with Ed excitedly adding: “Two! Can you believe it. Not only interview of the year for Michael Gove but also the people’s choice.”
With a grin, George expressed gratitude to their voters, adding: “Thank you for voting for us! It’s been a while since we won an election.”
The pair burst into laughter, with Ed confessing their surprise victory: “I was not expecting it at all, so thank you very much.”
Ed and George thanked their listeners after their award win (Image: TWITTER/POLITICALCURRENCY)
They concluded by encouraging fans to continue tuning into their podcast. Admirers were quick to share their praise as one declared: “Well done, you both deserved it.”
Another chimed: “Congratulations.” one tweet read: “Bl***y fantastic work! Well done guys! Who would have thought two blokes from completely opposite ends of the political spectrum would get on so well? Marvellous.”
Meanwhile, an enthused fan remarked: “So well deserved.” While another comment said: “Love this pod.”
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