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Trump strikes Iran – What will be the consequences?
Season 1 Episode 334
Not for the first time, a US military intervention triggers greater instability and many questions about what follows. It’s time for the co-operative to delve deep into the context and consequences!
…Published on 2 months ago
How does a government communicate to disillusioned voters?
Season 1 Episode 333
Rachel Reeves’ spending review was a mixed bag, with some impossibly tight spending settlements combined with significant investment. But will voters make the connections between decisions at Westmin…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
What does Sarah Vine’s book tell us about the crisis in the Conservative Party?
Season 1 Episode 332
Sarah Vine, the journalist and former wife of Michael Gove, has written a book that partly chronicles their lives in the court of David Cameron and the Notting Hill Conservatives. In doing so she is …
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
What is the key ingredient that makes a leader stronger?
Season 1 Episode 331
Keir Starmer is an evasive leader but on one point he is clear: he is a pragmatist, has no time for ideology and there will be no ‘Starmerism’. But without strong ideological convictions can a leader…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Are there dark echoes from a distant Labour government?
Season 1 Episode 330
While researching the 1929 Labour government for a new book I found myself thinking repeatedly “this reminds me of now”. The yearning to follow economic orthodoxies of the past, the desire to be agen…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
In conversation with Michael Heseltine
Season 1 Episode 329
I spoke to Michael Heseltine at the Cambridge Literary Festival about his remarkable career, how he would have changed the Tory party’s approach to Europe had he won the leadership contest in 1990, h…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Can The Tories survive?
Season 1 Episode 328
The Labour government has signed a deal with the EU that brings significant improvements to the agreement negotiated by Johnson and Lord Frosty Frost… their deal being a reminder of the many calamito…
Published on 3 months ago
Who will win the battle of the UK’s borders?
Season 1 Episode 327
Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper have played their migration cards, but will they be enough to counter Farage’s populist policies? Will they work in practical terms? And if they do, what will be the im…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Do Starmer and co know what they mean by ‘change’ and ‘reform’?
Season 1 Episode 326
Labour was elected to deliver ‘change’ but Starmer, Reeves and Morgan McSweeney have been cautious and vague about their ambition to move on from the recent past. Instead Labour communications use th…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Is the Government moving closer to Europe?
Season 1 Episode 325
There is a big UK/EU summit in May which ministers are confident will be a significant event – and not just a talking shop. Meanwhile Rachel Reeves has dared to state the obvious – that a deal with t…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago