Trump, Starmer and Mandelson don't walk into a banquet
Trump is arriving in the UK today for his much anticipated state visit.Rachel Cunliffe and Will Lloyd look at how it might play out in the aftermath of the emergency debate which took place in parliam...
16 Syys 202537min
Tommy Robinson's protests & Danny Kruger's defection
This weekend more than 110,000 people from across the country took part in a far-right protest in central London organised by the activist Tommy Robinson - in his words, to “Unite the Kingdom”. This i...
15 Syys 202532min
Are politicians LARPing? | Listener questions
Are the Greens ‘anarchists’? Has British politics become Americanised? And why was Theresa May prime minister?Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Rachel Cunliffe to answer listener questions and explain LAR...
14 Syys 202516min
Where does JK Rowling get the time to obsess about me? | Nicola Sturgeon interview
In power for nearly a decade, Nicola Sturgeon is Scotland’s longest-serving First Minister. She reshaped Scottish politics, leading the SNP through moments of crisis and opportunity, from the 2014 ind...
13 Syys 202558min
Political violence becomes mainstream in the US
Earlier this week the prominent right-wing activist, and close Trump-ally, Charlie Kirk was shot during a public appearance in Utah. Graphic videos of the shooting immediately circulated online and hi...
12 Syys 202524min
Starmer's mess
Following the disarray caused by Angela Rayner’s resignation and the sacking of Peter Mandelson, Keir Starmer’s latest reset is a mess.His newly reshuffled cabinet appears to be largely a response to ...
11 Syys 202519min
Mandelson and the friends he keeps
This week in part of an ongoing battle for the release of the “Epstein files”, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a trove of documents related to the pedophile financier. This compris...
10 Syys 202519min
In Britain's broken housing market, does the Renters' Rights Bill go far enough?
This week the renters’ rights bill returns to the House of Commons for its final debate. But in a country where tenants are spending around 40% of their income on rent, amidst an increasingly inflatin...
9 Syys 202532min
