Coronavirus latest: Struggles with testing, the blame game begins and Labour’s new leader
The coronavirus crisis deepened this week as Boris Johnson’s government battled to increase the levels of testing, or explain why the UK is having such problems. Who is to blame? We also discuss why c...
4 Apr 202024min
Coronavirus: Britain in lockdown, Johnson tests positive, Sunak's help for self-employed
The prime minister addressed the nation and put Britain in lockdown at the beginning of the week after persuasion alone proved failed to keep people apart. By the end of the week Boris Johnson and Mat...
27 Mars 202029min
Coronavirus latest: Johnson’s U-turn, Sunak’s fiscal stimulus and a London lockdown
Prime Minister Boris Johnson significantly upped the UK’s action to tackle coronavirus this week with stringent new social distancing measures, while the chancellor unveiled a huge economic stimulus t...
20 Mars 202031min
Rishi Sunak’s debut Budget as coronavirus ramps up
The new chancellor delivered his first Budget this week and pulled off a complicated, uncertain fiscal event. Has he defined what Johnsonism is? How does the Conservative party feel about the big spen...
14 Mars 202039min
Dealing with coronavirus, the collapse of Flybe and Priti Patel v the civil service
The rapid spread of coronavirus has dominated this week's political agenda, as Boris Johnson tried to grapple with the crisis. Has the government shifted out of campaigning mode and into governing? We...
7 Mars 202037min
Q&A on Scotland, Ireland, Boris Johnson, on business and more
The second part of our first live podcast from Bracken House. Our panel answers questions from listeners on whether we’re heading for a united Ireland, what will happen in the next Scottish elections,...
29 Feb 202036min
Brexit mandates, civil service wars, the Budget and Labour leadership
The first part of our first live podcast from Bracken House. We discuss the UK and EU’s mandates for the negotiations and whether the talks could collapse before they’ve even begun, Priti Patel’s rows...
29 Feb 202045min
Brexit hostilities resume, and a new immigration system unveiled
The UK and the EU presented somewhat different approaches to the Brexit trade talks this week, with Brussels and London disputing what kind of deal can be struck. Are the parties too far apart or is t...
22 Feb 202027min
