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Labour’s Rochdale unravelling, with Andrew Marr
This week Labour has suspended not one, but two parliamentary candidates for reported comments made over Israel. The party has been on a mission to p…
2 years, 1 month ago
Fake romance: the UK’s leading "catfishing" fraud specialist
How did one detective take on an international network of romance fraudsters?
This episode was written Stuart McGurk and read by Will Dunn. The commi…
2 years, 1 month ago
Your polling questions answered, with Ben Walker
Our polling expert answers listener questions.
Many of you have written in with questions for Ben Walker, the New Statesman's polling data analyst. In…
2 years, 1 month ago
Liz Truss is back – and this time she’s “popular”
Will Liz Truss’s “PopCon” undermine Rishi Sunak?
On Tuesday Tory right-wingers gathered in Westminster for the launch of “Popular Conservatism”, a new…
2 years, 1 month ago
Left Behind: the failed revolutions of the 2010s
The 2010s were a decade that many hoped would usher in a new era of leftist revolutions. Yet, as we look back, the question looms large: What went wr…
2 years, 1 month ago
Vape ban, smoking ban: Rishi Sunak's "nanny state"
This week's disposable vape ban follows a generational ban on smoking and an XL Bully ban. Is this Rishi Sunak's legacy?
The Conservatives are typica…
2 years, 1 month ago
How would a Labour government handle Northern Ireland?
As the UK government and the DUP appear likely to break their Brexit impasse with a new deal, a listener asks what Labour would do differently in Nor…
2 years, 1 month ago
Is the NHS ready for developments in cancer care? | Sponsored
New technology means cancer diagnosis is better than ever.
Advances in genomic testing and other new technologies mean we are spotting cancer earlier,…
2 years, 1 month ago
Parliament’s sleaze epidemic, with Chris Bryant
We’ve seen the fastest turnover of prime ministers in our history, and more MPs have been suspended from the house or stood down from their seats tha…
2 years, 1 month ago
Are the Conservatives laying a trap for Labour?
Earlier this week former minister Simon Clarke wrote in the Telegraph, the Conservative party faces an electoral "massacre" under Rishi Sunak's leade…
2 years, 1 month ago