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Is Labour Really Risking A Brain Drain?
Hugo Rifkind is here to unpack the politics of the day, and plenty of other news, with the brightest minds from the Times and the Sunday Times.
Today …
1 year, 6 months ago
What Makes A Maiden Speech
As the 335 new MPs elected at the last election continue to deliver their first speeches to Parliament, Ed Vaizey asks what is the secret to standing…
1 year, 6 months ago
Philby, Fleming and Putin: A History of Spies
Ed Vaizey interrogates the past, present and future of espionage, from moments that could have come from fiction to the reality of spying in the mode…
1 year, 6 months ago
PMQs: No, I'M Prime Minister
PMQs is back from summer recess, with Rishi Sunak quizzing Keir Starmer - although the prime minister is still having a hard time getting used to his…
1 year, 6 months ago
Go For Degrowth?
Keir Starmer says it's all about growth, growth, growth - but why do some economists and politicians say we're looking at it the wrong way? Ed Vaizey…
1 year, 6 months ago
Starmer's Back-To-School Plans
MPs are back in Westminster after the summer recess, and the government has big plans for the new term - but where will it be plain sailing, and wher…
1 year, 6 months ago
Conference Clangers
With the SNP gathering in Edinburgh, party conference season is well and truly upon us. Ed Vaizey is joined by a panel of political advisers to discu…
1 year, 6 months ago
Does Starmer Have A Union Problem?
The Labour Party was born from the trade union movement, but is Keir Starmer's government on a collision course with the unions over public sector pa…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Fall of Kabul 3 Years On
It's been three years since the last British troops and diplomats left Afghanistan in the chaotic withdrawal of Western forces. Ed Vaizey finds out w…
1 year, 6 months ago
Starmer's Woes Garden
Keir Starmer uses his speech in the Downing Street rose garden to warn of a turbulent time ahead, with a 'painful budget' on the way. Ed Vaizey unpac…
1 year, 6 months ago