RORY STEWART on why “Politics is bad for you”
What psychodrama is driving No Deal? Can the Tory Party be rescued from its embrace of nationalist unreason? And what is Boris Johnson like to work for? Former Cabinet Minister and power-walker Rory S...
15 Des 202055min
Start Your Week: Johnson’s Dithering Heights – with Ros Taylor
It’s the final, final week where everything definitely goes down to the wire… again. As Boris Johnson ends Brexit as he began it, choosing between two alternatives he doesn’t really believe in or care...
14 Des 202021min
Daily: Crossing swords with GEOFF NORCOTT, conservative comedian
Never let it be said we don’t mix it up… We lure Geoff Norcott, famously the only* right of centre comedian out there, into The Bunker and attempt a civilised conversation. How does a working class so...
11 Des 202027min
Daily: Driving home for COVID? A risky Christmas…
Our 200th edition. Everyone wants to go home and visit their folks for Christmas, right? And the Government is fine with it… right? Christina Pagel of Independent SAGE and UCL’s Clinical Operational R...
10 Des 202017min
Daily: Is there LIFE AFTER POWER? Tales of the ex-leaders
One day you’re one of the world’s most powerful people, the next you’re out of work. So what do ex-leaders get up to when they leave office? And are they ever any good at it? BBC Radio producer and au...
9 Des 202025min
A Fish Called Blunder – plus guest MAGID MAGID
Fishing, level playing fields… as the scales tip the EU Trade Deal, will an arrogant Boris Johnson choose No Deal for the hell of it? The COVID vaccine is here but do we need to brace ourselves for “v...
8 Des 202049min
Start Your Week: One Minute to Midnight with Naomi Smith
Audio issues now fixed. “The Deal’s not oven ready – and Johnson isn’t govern ready.” Will the No Deal Doomsday Clock finally tick down to zero before Thursday’s EU summit? Plus, why we need to worry ...
7 Des 202022min
Daily: How Putin picks his poisons
The Salisbury poisonings were an infamous example of Russian interference in British security. But were they really the first time Novichok was used on British soil? Former US Army chemical warfare sp...
6 Des 202022min
