Is Starmer bringing the Big State back in Britain?
Keir Starmer has promised change – but what form will it take? And could it mean the return to the concept of the so-called ‘Big State’? Will Labour’s proposed plans for increased public ownership and...
3 Sep 202421min
Commons People — Start Your Week with Gavin Esler and Ros Taylor
Summer is coming to a close, kids are returning to school, Parliament is back and there’s no shortage of problems facing Keir Starmer. What will the Commons be focused on? And how quickly can Starmer ...
2 Sep 202422min
Is A.I. coming for your job?
We used to think that machines would only take over manual work. Now A.I. looks capable of anything. Will work become a luxury for a select few? Are there some jobs that can never be automated? Alex A...
1 Sep 202428min
How the QAnon conspiracy theory wrecked families and ruined lives
With its paranoid fantasies of Donald Trump at war with a secret, Satanic US government, the QAnon conspiracy wrought terrible damage on American politics. But spreading the word of Q exacts damage on...
30 Aug 202425min
How the Tories fell: Inside Sunak’s disastrous gamble
How did the Conservatives turn 14 years of unprecedented political power into near-extinction at the ballot box? Where did it all go so wrong? How will their era go down in history? And what made Rish...
29 Aug 202432min
Putin and Starmer: Will the Russia-UK relationship ever be repaired?
The UK and Russia have long had a strained relationship – and ties have only been worsened since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Is there any future possibility for a return to a 1990s state of civility ...
28 Aug 202435min
The 10 Year Plan — Start Your Week with Gavin Esler
Keir Starmer is due to snap us back to reality after the Bank Holiday with a stark speech on the decade needed to clean up the Tories’ mess. What’s he going to say – and why now? In US news, Trump has...
27 Aug 202417min
Bunker USA: What will Kamala Harris's foreign policy look like?
Kamala Harris is closer than ever to being the president of the United States. Focus has been on America this week at the DNC, but what would a Harris presidency mean for the rest of the world? What f...
23 Aug 202423min
