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Labour’s caution could turn to radicalism in office
Would Labour be radical in office?
Freddie Hayward spoke to party insiders to find out – he joins Anoosh Chakelian to talk about how Labour can make m…
2 years, 4 months ago
Where do Labour and the Tories differ on growth? With Bridget Phillipson and Bim Afolami | Conversation
Two visions for how Britain can increase productivity and boost growth.
Freddie Hayward interviews shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson and C…
2 years, 5 months ago
What Simone De Beauvoir knew about loss, by Ali Smith | Audio Long Read
The novelist Ali Smith first came across the work of Simone de Beauvoir in an Inverness bookshop, aged 18 or 19, and was instantly compelled by her “…
2 years, 5 months ago
You Ask Us: Is Starmer haunted by Blair, and how do you raise voter turnout?
Labour’s dominance in the polls draws obvious comparisons with 1997-era New Labour. But is it fair to compare Keir Starmer with Tony Blair – and what…
2 years, 5 months ago
Rishi Sunak's asylum policy is all at sea
The first residents have boarded the Bibby Stockholm barge moored off the coast of Dorset. Anoosh Chakelian visited Portland to meet locals and asylu…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Trump trial and the internet conspiracy infecting the world | Conversation
An internet hoax conceived on a fringe message board grew into an online conspiracy theory so far-reaching that it sparked the January 6 attack on th…
2 years, 5 months ago
George Monbiot: how I escape climate despair | Audio Long Read
There is one question the environmental journalist and author George Monbiot is asked more than any other: how do you cope? When your job is to repor…
2 years, 5 months ago
You Ask Us: Is a new party possible, and has Andy Burnham avoided policing scandal?
Anoosh Chakelian, Freddie Hayward and Ben Walker answer listener questions.
There have been multiple attempts to launch credible new political parties…
2 years, 5 months ago
Rutherglen by-election: Labour’s key to unlock Scotland?
Yet another by-election could provide a key opportunity for Anas Sarwar’s Scottish Labour to regain lost seats in Scotland.
The former SNP MP Margaret…
2 years, 5 months ago
All politics is local, with Westminster council leader Adam Hug
When Labour won Westminster Council from the Conservatives in 2022, they made history.
Now in power for the first time ever, the Labour council leader…
2 years, 5 months ago