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'They expect us to believe this?' – Starmer’s Mandelson story doesn’t add up
Westminster is braced ahead of two key interventions in the Mandelson scandal. This afternoon, the prime minister will give a statement in which we u…
2 months, 1 week ago
'When not if': why the Lib Dems are aiming for second – with Al Pinkerton MP & Mark Pack
Liberal Democrat peer Mark Pack and MP for Surrey Heath Al Pinkerton join James Heale to explain that it is a matter of 'when not if' the party becom…
2 months, 1 week ago
Danny Kruger: Reform’s plan to tear up the system
Danny Kruger joins James Heale to set out Reform’s plan to overhaul the British state – from taking on the civil service to restoring ministerial con…
2 months, 1 week ago
Mandelson latest: can we trust Starmer's ignorance?
The Peter Mandelson scandal just got more scandalous. Last night the story broke that Mandeslon actually failed his enhanced vetting before being mad…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Inside parliament’s ‘summer of sex’ | Cindy Gallop & Cleo Watson
It is a hard time to be a Labour MP. The polls are flagging, the economy is stagnating and the Middle East remains in crisis. But facing electoral ar…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Why won't Starmer answer the question!?
PMQs is back and – predictably – Lord Robertson’s intervention on the state of the armed forces dominated proceedings. The Prime Minister gave six re…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Are the Treasury & the MOD at war?
George Robertson (pictured), a former defence secretary and former NATO secretary-general, has accused the government of 'corrosive complacency' towa…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Keir Starmer thinks he's Henry VIII
Two big stories to chew over on today’s podcast, starting with Viktor Orban’s landslide defeat in Hungary. The left have been celebrating this as a v…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 12/04/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.
No end in sight to the conflict in the Middle East, as negotiations in Pakis…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Will Labour lose Wales?
With one month to go until the local and regional elections, Megan McElroy and James Heale have hit the road with Luke Tryl and Louis O'Geran of More…
2 months, 2 weeks ago