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How Rishi Sunak became the first Silicon Valley prime minister | Audio Long Read
On 2 November 2023, Rishi Sunak closed his global AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park by interviewing the richest man on Earth, Elon Musk. The mood wa…
2 years, 4 months ago
You Ask Us: Why won't the government call for a ceasefire?
"Looking at the polling for a ceasefire in Gaza, it seems like foreign policy is the area where Westminster is most out of touch with public opinion.…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Covid Inquiry: Inside a toxic government
Module two of the Covid inquiry - decision-making and political governance - was set to be the most controversial section, looking into the workings …
2 years, 4 months ago
Solving lung cancer inequality | Sponsored
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide – but it doesn't affect everyone equally.
Data shows wide regional variation of …
2 years, 4 months ago
Andrew Marr: War, conspiracies and the "cloud of unknowing"
We’re bringing you something new on the podcast today – a pilot of a new show we’re working on from our political editor, Andrew Marr. Before we make…
2 years, 4 months ago
Israel, Hamas and the unravelling of the West | Audio Long Read
What might be the long term impact of the Israel-Hamas war on global alliances? In this week’s audio long read, the New Statesman’s contributing writ…
2 years, 4 months ago
One year of Rishi Sunak: what has he achieved?
This Wednesday marked one year of Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister. Following Liz Truss's short, yet chaotic, premiership - has Rishi Sunak managed to s…
2 years, 4 months ago
Will Labour unity break over Israel-Hamas?
Nine days after saying on LBC that “Israel has that right” to cut of water and power off to Gaza, Keir Starmer explained that this wasn't what he mea…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Israel war is a "global terror risk"
"We're in a very dangerous and unstable situation"
Bruce Hoffman has been observing and studying global terrorism for over 50 years. In this episode h…
2 years, 4 months ago
Two for two: Labour's by-election clean sweep
Earlier today, Labour won by-elections in Mid-Bedfordshire and Tamworth - two seats which were previously safe Tory heartlands. Labour leader Keir St…
2 years, 5 months ago