Podcast Episodes

DPMQs Unpacked: A Teachable Moment

It's Deputy PMQs, and Matt and Tim Shipman are joined by a deputy head teacher to help them pause and unpack the action as Oliver Dowden and Angela R…

3 years ago

Finkelstein & Zeffman: Crazy Politics, Crazy Golf

As Henry Zeffman leaves the Times, he joins Daniel Finkelstein and Matt one last time. They discuss what politics will look like in 2030, how journal…

3 years ago

Can The Tories Hold The Red Wall?

It's been four years since the term 'Red Wall' entered the political lexicon. 

Matt is joined by the man who coined the phrase, analyst James Kanagaso…

3 years ago

Boris Johnson, One Year On

It's been a year since Boris Johnson resigned outside Downing Street, telling the nation: "Them's the breaks." Matt is joined by impressionist Jon Cu…

3 years ago

Could The Tories Lose Four By-Elections?

In two weeks' time Rishi Sunak faces major by-election tests in the seats vacated by Boris Johnson, Nigel Adams and David Warburton, and the suspensi…

3 years ago

DPMQs Unpacked: Game, Set and Match

Deputies Oliver Dowden and Angela Rayner stand in at PMQs and clash over mortgage rates and problems in the rental market. Matt pauses and unpacks th…

3 years ago

Sunak's 5 Pledges, 6 Months On

Six months ago today, Rishi Sunak laid out five key pledges that he said would build a better future for the country. Matt and a panel of experts fro…

3 years ago

The Exit Interviews: Ian Blackford

Ian Blackford joined the SNP aged 16, going on to lead the party in Westminster during a period of high political drama. In the latest episode of our…

3 years ago

Behind The Scenes At Parliament TV

It's been a century since the broadcasters first asked to record what goes on in Parliament, although cameras didn't make it into the Commons chamber…

3 years ago

Margaret McDonagh

Baroness McDonagh, Labour's first female general secretary, was a key figure in the paty and was instrumental in Tony Blair's election victories in 1…

3 years ago