2024: a testing year for democracy
Political Fix5 Jan 2024

2024: a testing year for democracy

The next 12 months will be an epic year for democracy. Half the world’s population will have the chance to vote. Lucy Fisher is joined by the FT’s editor Roula Khalaf and chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman to give a global perspective, while Political Fix regular Robert Shrimsley offers sharp analysis on how Britain’s political parties are shaping their offerings to the public at the start of an election year in the UK.


Sign up here for 30 free days of Stephen Bush's Inside Politics newsletter, winner of the World Association of News Publishers 2023 Best Newsletter award.


Free links:


Can democracy survive 2024?


Rishi Sunak seeks to harvest political advantage with autumn poll strategy


UK economy will enter ‘grey gloom’ until polling day, economists say


The optimistic case for the British economy


Narendra Modi responds to assassination claims


Follow Lucy on X: @LOS_Fisher, Roula on @khalafroula, Gideon on @gideonrachman and Robert on @robertshrimsley.


Presented by Lucy Fisher. Produced by Audrey Tinline. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Audio mix by Simon Panayi. Broadcast engineer: Andrew Georgiadis. The FT’s head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episoder(575)

The Queen's jubilee: How Britain has changed since 1952

The Queen's jubilee: How Britain has changed since 1952

The Queen celebrates her platinum jubilee this weekend. To mark 70 years since she took to the throne, we look back on how the country has changed politically, economically and societally since 1952. ...

3 Jun 202229min

It’s definitely not a windfall tax!

It’s definitely not a windfall tax!

We start with that huge bailout package for struggling families announced by the chancellor and the controversial taxes he raised to fund it - a £5bn windfall tax on energy companies with more to come...

28 Mai 202227min

Behind the Money is back!

Behind the Money is back!

Behind the Money is back with all-new episodes! From hostile takeovers to C-suite intrigue, Behind the Money takes you inside the business and financial stories of the moment with reporting from Finan...

23 Mai 20221min

Examining the fallout from the end of the police investigation

Examining the fallout from the end of the police investigation

Should the prime minister now fear the fallout from the full investigation by Whitehall official Sue Gray? Or is he safe for now? Chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley will discuss with special...

21 Mai 202239min

Double crisis: cost of living and Northern Ireland

Double crisis: cost of living and Northern Ireland

This year’s Queen Speech was Boris Johnson’s attempt to reset his government’s policy agenda but it did little to tackle the growing cost of living crisis. We look at what the government might do, plu...

14 Mai 202235min

Voters cast their opinions on the state of politics

Voters cast their opinions on the state of politics

The Conservative party lost hundreds of councillors across the county in this year's local elections, with the Labour party making significant gains in the capital. We analyse the results in London, t...

7 Mai 202239min

Too many rising prices, too much sleaze

Too many rising prices, too much sleaze

In this week’s episode we’ll be looking at why the government is anxious to find ways to fix rising fuel and food prices. Why is the Treasury not doing more? And how does this play into next week’s lo...

30 Apr 202234min

Boris Johnson says sorry, sorry, sorry

Boris Johnson says sorry, sorry, sorry

The prime minister came to the House of Commons to apologise for misleading MPs over the partygate scandal, but now faces a third probe into his conduct. We discuss whether support for Boris Johnson i...

23 Apr 202233min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
aftenpodden-usa
forklart
i-retten
stopp-verden
popradet
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
det-store-bildet
dine-penger-pengeradet
rss-gukild-johaug
fotballpodden-2
nokon-ma-ga
rss-ness
hanna-de-heldige
e24-podden
aftenbla-bla
frokostshowet-pa-p5
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
bt-dokumentar-2