What does it mean to be Jewish and on the left today?
Earlier this month we published a magazine with the cover ‘Being Jewish Now’. At this time of crisis in the Middle East, with divisions over the Gaza war and rising anti-Semitism, we asked a group of ...
16 Des 202358min
Who are the 'five families' of the Tory right? | You Ask Us
A listener writes in to ask what the real threat is from the right of the Tory party, and our associate political editor, Rachel Cunliffe, breaks this down - starting with identifying who the differen...
15 Des 202317min
First minister Mark Drakeford resigns, what's next for Wales?
Yesterday Wales’s first minister Mark Drakeford announced his resignation, after exactly five years in office. He drew tributes for his tenure at PMQs from both leaders, with Keir Starmer describing h...
14 Des 202321min
Why don't politicians care about happiness? With Richard Layard and Armando Iannucci | Westminster Reimagined
Thurrock is suffering major cuts to all its council services since it went effectively bankrupt last December, after hundreds of millions of pounds were put into risky investments that didn’t pay off....
11 Des 202335min
Is the NHS stuck on life support?
This discussion was recorded at the Cambridge Literary Festival in November 2023. Anoosh Chakelian was joined by Isabel Hardman, assistant editor at the Spectator and author of Fighting for Life, and ...
9 Des 202341min
A week inside frantic Tory migration plans
This week it seems that the government have been doing anything and everything to tackle the high migration numbers, that means cracking down on both illegal and legal routes to entering the UK. First...
8 Des 202325min
"B*llocks": Boris Johnson at the Covid inquiry
Boris Johnson appeared "diminished" at the Covid inquiry - and still couldn't quite apologise properly.Rachel Cunliffe, associate political editor for the New Statesman, was in the room as the former ...
7 Des 202320min
Is British democracy under threat? With Armando Iannucci | Westminster Reimagined
Is democracy slipping away from us? How protected are we by our constitution? And do governments have the power to swiftly change this? In June, in front of a live audience, Armando and Anoosh were jo...
4 Des 202344min
