Super Saturday: Brexit deal or People’s Vote? Crunch time for the UK.
In today’s episode:While parliament prepares to vote on Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal - sitting on a Saturday for the first time since 1982 – protesters are putting the finishing touches to what they ho...
18 Okt 201912min
Brexit deal special: Boris Johnson has a deal, but can he get it through parliament?
Boris Johnson announced his “great” Brexit deal this morning, and Jean-Claude Juncker has said this is it – no extensions. The DUP say they won’t support it, and the Prime Minister doesn’t appear to h...
17 Okt 201914min
Is there no end to the Brexit Halloween nightmare? and Trump's cruel treatment of Harry Dunn parents
In today’s podcast: Deal or no deal, our Associate Editor Julian Glover says despite Boris Johnson’s ‘do-or-die’ insistence, there’s no end in sight to the Brexit horror show. Donald Trump has met wit...
16 Okt 201913min
Football racism: Bulgaria should be suspended. Plus – can Brexit go green?
James Olley our chief football correspondent witnessed the racism during last night’s football match between England and Bulgaria. He joins The Leader podcast on the phone from Sofia to discuss how UE...
15 Okt 201912min
Brexit: Did the Queen’s speech help at all?
Our associate editor Julian Glover and editor of The Londoner Ayesha Hazaraki, react to the Queen’s speech and its impact – or otherwise – on Brexit.We also look at the catastrophic mess in Syria and ...
14 Okt 201915min
Knife crime in London: stabbings must stop, PLUS Greta Thunberg’s impact on International Day of the Girl
Today we look again to knife crime on London’s streets, as two more teenagers were stabbed to death within hours of each other last night. The Evening Standard’s Home Affairs editor, Martin Bentham, s...
11 Okt 201913min
Cocaine: London’s £1bn drug problem - PLUS Donald Trump’s reaction to Harry Dunn death
A report by King’s College claims that every day an average of half a million doses of cocaine are being taken in London, double the amount of any other European capital. We speak to our health editor...
10 Okt 201914min
Britain's against Brexit, so why's it still happening? PLUS are Extinction Rebellion being heard?
A poll of polls published by the Evening Standard suggests that public opinion on Brexit is turning in favour of remaining in the EU. Like the hit tune in Les Misérables, No 10 is chanting “Do you hea...
9 Okt 201915min
