Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMake-or-break week for Badenoch
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey are at the Conservative party conference in Manchester, where Kemi Badenoch is trying to convince disgruntled Tory MPs …
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Starmer takes the gloves off in fight with Farage
The UK prime minister has used his conference speech to take aim at Nigel Farage, warning that Reform UK offers only ‘division and decline’ while pro…
1 year ago
Andy Burnham live in conversation
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey sit down with the mayor of Greater Manchester live at the Labour party conference in Liverpool. Help support our indepe…
1 year ago
Kent, where the politics of small boats and asylum has exploded
The conversation about asylum and immigration is at the centre of British politics, and nowhere more so than in Kent. This week, John Harris is on th…
1 year ago
‘We’ve taken our progressive voters for granted’: Labour ex-minister
John Harris is joined by the Labour MP Lucy Powell, a former cabinet minister who is a running for deputy leadership of the party, to discuss why the…
1 year ago
What does the UK recognising Palestinian statehood really mean?
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss the UK’s recognition of Palestine as a state. With the US and Israel criticising the move, what will it mean fo…
1 year ago
Trump on tour: pomp, pageantry and politics
Donald Trump is back on UK soil for his ‘unprecedented’ second state visit. Will the US president’s trip help to distract from Keir Starmer’s challen…
1 year ago
Could Trump’s visit be a useful distraction for Starmer?
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss the fallout from Keir Starmer’s handling of the sacking of the US ambassador, Peter Mandelson. And with growing…
1 year ago
Will the UK ever rejoin the EU?
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey speak to the minister for EU relations, Nick Thomas-Symonds, about the fallout from Brexit and our relationship with th…
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Starmer’s Mandelson mess and deputy leadership damage
As the race to replace Angela Rayner as Labour’s deputy leader exposes tensions within the party, John Harris speaks to the former transport secretar…
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