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Carney vs. Trump and Alastair’s Advice for Burnham’s First PMQs
Episode 566
Why is Mark Carney choosing economic pain over a deal on tariffs with Trump? As Palestinians prepare to vote for the first time in 20 years, why has …
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Zelenskyy’s Corruption Problem and Is History Repeating Itself in Germany?
Episode 565
Why did Andy Burnham choose Kyiv, not Washington or Brussels, for his first foreign trip as Prime Minister? Is the tide at home turning against Presi…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Becoming Burnham: Thatcher, Hillsborough, and the Anger that Shaped Him | Part 1
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Alastair is joined by Andy Burnham’s closest confidant, fri…
4 weeks ago
Burnham’s Media Machine and West Bank Settler Impunity
Episode 564
Is Burnham’s Britain’s first ‘TikTok Prime Minister’ and what does that mean for accountability, old-fashioned journalism, and the Westminster lobby?…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Britain’s Afghanistan Shame and the Jason Arday Tragedy
Episode 563
Five years after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover, why has not a single Western government marked the anniversary of a war…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
Will Climate Action Go Backwards Under Burnham?
Should Andy Burnham deliver a covid style national emergency briefing to inform the public about the climate emergency? How do we foster cross-party …
1 month ago
The Right’s War With Itself and Burnham’s Prisons Challenge
Episode 562
With Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe trading blows, is the British right tearing itself apart, and will Kemi Badenoch destroy the Conservative Party by …
1 month ago
How Trump’s Chaos Keeps Splintering the World Order
Episode 561
As a new military alliance between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan the first sign that America's allies no longer trust its guarantees? Why are po…
1 month ago
The Truth About Climate Migration – It's More Complicated Than You Think
To hear the whole episode and catch up on the rest of the series, which includes a deep dive into food security, water scarcity and the suppressed na…
1 month, 1 week ago
Trump's Hamas Disarmament 'Deal' and Europe's FIFA Boycott
Episode 560
As Trump's Board of Peace unveils a plan to disarm Hamas, will the group now give up its weapons and what would this mean for Gaza's future? Amid an …
1 month, 1 week ago