These Times - Cancelled by Keir: An Interview with Jamie Driscoll
Meet Jamie Driscoll, the incumbent mayor blocked from standing to be Labour's candidate for the new north-east super mayoralty, now crowdfunding to stand as an independent left-winger. Hosted on Acast...
26 Juli 202356min
These Times - Europe's Right Turn?
After the elections in Spain, and a shock announcement in Germany, Tom and Helen discuss the underlying causes of Europe’s tilt to the right. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...
24 Juli 202352min
These Times - Keir's Blairite Ultra: An interview with Pat McFadden
In this episode, Tom McTague chats to Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Pat McFadden—the man tasked with making Starmer’s sums add up—on the lessons of Labour’s history, from Kinnock to Blair to...
19 Juli 202335min
These Times - Inside NATO's Summit
In this episode, Tom and Helen discuss how last week's meeting in Vilnius revealed fault lines in the organisation which can be traced all the way back to its founding.If you enjoyed this episode, ple...
17 Juli 202357min
These Times - Come on Arlene: An Interview with Arlene Foster
Come on Arlene: An interview with Arlene Foster. In this episode, we discuss the history of Northern Ireland through the lens of Arlene Foster's own turbulent life, covering everything from the IRA’s ...
12 Juli 20231h 10min
These Times - France on fire
This week, Tom and Helen are joined by John Lichfield — one of Britain’s most respected journalists based in France — to talk about the history of street violence in the country and what that means fo...
10 Juli 202355min
These Times - Chaos in Russia
After last week’s march on Moscow, Tom and Helen discuss the Wagner group and the history of wars not going to plan and destabilising the political regime at home — from Ireland to Algeria, Vietnam to...
3 Juli 202344min
These Times - What would Thatcher do?
An interview with Charles Powell, Mrs Thatcher’s long time foreign policy adviser, covering everything from the war in Ukraine, the risks of humiliating Putin, chaos in Russia and the future of Britai...
28 Juni 20231h 1min
