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How do we get more working class people into politics?
Tom Gordon, Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, joins James Heale to discuss his campaign to improve working class representation in politics. Tom, newly elected in 2024, explains ho…
Published on 3 weeks ago
Is the world safer than in 1945?
80 years ago this week Japan surrendered to the allies, ushering in the end of the Second World War. To mark the anniversary of VJ day, historians Sir Antony Beevor and Peter Frankopan join James Hea…
Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Farage goes for the Lords
The big news today is of course the bilateral between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska. We should know by around 8 p.m. whether they have successfully negotiated an end to the war in Ukraine…
Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Does European solidarity over Ukraine matter?
Ukraine's President Zelensky has spent today with Keir Starmer at Number 10. This is in anticipation of tomorrow's Alaska summit between Presidents Trump and Putin – where European leaders will be no…
Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Does MAGA prefer Jenrick?
JD Vance has been in the Cotswolds this week on his Britain fantasy tour. This has been billed as a ‘holiday’ but he did take the time out of his busy schedule to meet with some of Britain’s right-wi…
Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago
Who is the real Nicola Sturgeon?
There has been a drip feed of stories over the past few days from Nicola Sturgeon's memoir Frankly which hits the shelves this week. In her book, the former First Minister of Scotland covers a slew o…
Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Introducing 'Farage's fillies'
Another day, another Reform party press conference. Following political editor Tim Shipman’s cover piece on how Reform hopes to win over women, this morning’s event was led by the party’s top female …
Published on 4 weeks ago
Motherland: how Reform is winning over women
Does – or did – Nigel Farage have a woman problem? ‘Around me there’s always been a perception of a laddish culture,’ he tells political editor Tim Shipman, for the cover piece of the Spectator this …
Published on 4 weeks, 2 days ago
Kemi Badenoch's God Delusion
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has given a wide-ranging interview to the BBC’s Amol Rajan in which she touched upon her Nigerian upbringing, her feeling of identity and she even revealed she calle…
Published on 1 month ago
Has the Bank of England forgotten what its job is?
Some excitement on Threadneedle Street today after the Bank of England cut interest rates to 4 per cent. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has just voted five to four – after a revote – for …
Published on 1 month ago