UK election: If the Tories implode, what then? With Rafael Behr

UK election: If the Tories implode, what then? With Rafael Behr

Political commentator with The Guardian Rafael Behr returns to the podcast to talk about the UK general election. By Friday we will know if the widely-expected Tory implosion and Labour majority have materialised. But what comes next?

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Is this the end of the gay rights revolution?

Is this the end of the gay rights revolution?

Hugh talks to Ronan McCrea, professor of constitutional and European law at University College London, about his new book, The End of the Gay Rights Revolution. McCrea believes that the achievements o...

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Head-to-head: Presidential election gets confrontational

Head-to-head: Presidential election gets confrontational

Ellen Coyne and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: · With Jim Gavin gone, the presidential election is now a two-horse race between Catherine Connolly and Heather...

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'Cooking the books': Is Budget 2026 a 'cynical wheeze'?

'Cooking the books': Is Budget 2026 a 'cynical wheeze'?

Yesterday’s budget spelled out the Government’s tax and spending plans for next year. But what happens after that?Barra Roantee of Trinity College Dublin’s Department of Economics says it is “shocking...

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Calamity for Fianna Fáil as Jim Gavin drops out of the presidential race

Calamity for Fianna Fáil as Jim Gavin drops out of the presidential race

Ellen Coyne and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh to talk about the stunning news of Jim Gavin's withdrawal from the presidential race, leaving Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly in a head-to-head bat...

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Jack Chambers channels 'Margaret Thatcher' as 'big squeeze budget' looms

Jack Chambers channels 'Margaret Thatcher' as 'big squeeze budget' looms

Pat Leahy and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to talk about the week in politics: We already know next Tuesday’s budget is going to be a much less generous affair than recent years. Jack and Pat s...

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American carnage: Keith Duggan at the Ryder Cup

American carnage: Keith Duggan at the Ryder Cup

Fresh from the hostile grass arena of Bethpage, where supporters of the US Ryder Cup team spent the weekend abusing their European opponents, Washington correspondent Keith Duggan returns to the podca...

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Presidential debate: who came out on top and who struggled?

Presidential debate: who came out on top and who struggled?

Pat Leahy joins Hugh to talk about the first televised debate of the presidential campaign which took place on Virgin Media Television tonight. Independent Catherine Connolly, Fine Gael’s Heather Hump...

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Lea Ypi investigates a family mystery and hidden history

Lea Ypi investigates a family mystery and hidden history

Hugh interviews Albanian academic and author Lea Ypi about her new book Indignity: A Life Reimagined. The book is an exploration of political, historical and philosophical themes through the story of ...

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