Andy Burnham: the next Prime Minister? | Politics with Anoosh Chakelian
The Mayor of Manchester is the most popular choice to replace Keir Starmer as Prime Minister.Keir Starmer is now less popular than Donald Trump.Despite the Labour Party's historic election win just ov...
21 Aug 202520min
Why are people talking about an English civil war? | Politics with Anoosh Chakelian
Following last year’s riots, in the wake of the Southport murders, Elon Musk predicted civil war in the UK was “inevitable”. So far, however, no civil war…Over the last century, people in British poli...
20 Aug 202532min
Trump meets Zelenskyy: hope for peace in Ukraine? | Geopolitics with Katie Stallard
Yesterday, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington, flanked by seven European leaders, in order to meet with Donald Trump and push forward talks to end the war in Ukraine.This cam...
19 Aug 202526min
Palestine Action arrests "will bring the law into disrepute" | Jonathan Dimbleby interview
In 1978, the broadcaster and journalist Jonathan Dimbleby, and photojournalist Don McCullin, published The Palestinians - a book that sought to tell the human story behind one of the world’s most intr...
18 Aug 202534min
The New Statesman’s ultimate beach reads
There’s one thing you need this summer. A good book.Will Lloyd is joined by culture editor Tanjil Rashid, and staff writer Finn McRedmond to discuss the New Statesman's ultimate beach reads for 2025 a...
16 Aug 202538min
The government must address the graduate job crisis | Politics with Anoosh Chakelian
Will Starmer face a vote of no confidence? What does Reform UK mean by scrap Net Zero? Should the Democrats distance themselves from the Clintons?Anoosh Chakelian is joined by George Eaton and Will Ll...
15 Aug 202528min
UK economy "fastest growing in the G7 this year" | Politics with Anoosh Chakelian
On Thursday morning, data was released showing that UK economic growth has slowed to 0.3%.Also, JD Vance has been holidaying in the UK, recently meeting with a who’s who of right-wing populists - from...
14 Aug 202525min
Branding pensioners terrorists: "ridiculous... and deeply disturbing" | Sir Jonathon Porritt, arrested at Palestine Action Protest
On Saturday, in Westminster, police arrested more than 500 people under the Terrorism Act. That’s more in a single day than have ever been charged with terrorist-related activity in a whole year.Many ...
13 Aug 202521min
