Is Boris Johnson a zombie prime minister?
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is attempting yet another relaunch of his government just days after 148 MPs told him they don’t have confidence in his leadership. Anoosh Chakelian, Rachel Cunliffe and H...
9 Juni 202226min
Is Boris Johnson a dead man walking? With Andrew Marr
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has won a vote of confidence from Conservative MPs. But 148 members voted against him, leaving a split party. In this special episode of the New Statesman Podcast, recorde...
7 Juni 202218min
Boris Johnson faces a vote of no confidence. What happens next?
On the day that Boris Johnson faces a vote of no confidence in his leadership, Rachel Cunliffe speaks to Harry Lambert, senior political correspondent, and Ben Walker, the New Statesman’s polling expe...
6 Juni 202224min
Could Boris Johnson survive a vote of confidence?
The campaign to remove Boris Johnson as Prime Minister is building. The steady trickle of letters from Conservative MPs declaring they have no confidence in him and criticism from high-profile dissent...
1 Juni 202226min
Does Keir Starmer have enough policies? With the former Labour adviser Marc Stears
Fresh from Sydney, Professor Marc Stears, a former Labour speechwriter and author of its 2015 manifesto, tells Anoosh Chakelian what Labour can learn, and where Keir Starmer is going wrong.Stears refl...
31 Maj 202221min
The Sue Gray report: how bad is it really for Boris Johnson?
Sue Gray’s long-awaited report has been published at last. It contains lurid details of excessive drinking and partying at Downing Street during lockdown, as well as a “lack of respect and poor treatm...
26 Maj 202225min
Why the Tories risk losing suburban voters, with Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Hunt tells Anoosh Chakelian how he regrets the "silent killer" of social-care cuts made when he was in the cabinet, calls for the "penny to drop" for the current health secretary Sajid Javid on...
24 Maj 202233min
Will inflation bring down the Tory government?
UK inflation has reached its highest rate in 40 years, jumping from 7 per cent in March to 9 per cent in the year to April. With inflation hitting the poorest hardest, pressure is growing on the gover...
20 Maj 202230min
