Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchQuestion Time: Knocking over Liz Truss, Oxbridge dominance, and life under the Taliban
Episode 157
Should MPs be able to vote electronically? Is Oxbridge as dominant as it used to be in British society? Are opinion polls just the junk food of polit…
2 years, 8 months ago
Labour on the defensive, Machismo in Spain, and Israel on a knife-edge
Episode 156
What is the existential threat to democracy that's unfolding in Israel? Why is Labour on the policy defensive after defeat in Uxbridge? Is Spain now …
2 years, 8 months ago
Sunak slides to defeat in Selby and Somerton
Episode 155
How happy should Labour be with Thursday's by-election results? Can Sunak take some solace from holding on in Uxbridge? Will these constituencies be …
2 years, 8 months ago
Question Time: Ben Wallace, intellectual PMs, and the fight for the Israeli flag
Episode 154
Will Rory run for London Mayor next year? What will Ben Wallace's political legacy look like? Why are left and right fighting over the Israeli flag?
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2 years, 8 months ago
How radical would Labour be in power?
Episode 153
Would Keir Starmer be radical or conservative as prime minister? Is enough being done to combat the current heatwave affecting much of the world? Wha…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Power of Prigozhin
Episode 152
From a Siberian penal colony to the gold mines of the Central African Republic, who is Yevgeny Prigozhin and how did he become one of the most famous…
2 years, 8 months ago
Question Time: Feargal Sharkey on water pollution, drug legalisation, and fishing
Episode 151
Is it too late to save our rivers? How should the government approach drug testing at festivals? Which political journalists were in attendance at Ge…
2 years, 8 months ago
Sunak’s path to victory, Trump’s stance on Ukraine, and the future of Palestine
Episode 150
Is there any way that Sunak can win the next election? Would a second Trump presidency decisively change the course of the Ukraine conflict? What's t…
2 years, 8 months ago
Question Time: How to end a civil war, psychedelic treatments, and will the Orkney Islands join Norway?
Episode 149
Why are the Orkney islands looking to explore options around joining Norway? Are psychedelics the future of mental health treatment? Does the path to…
2 years, 8 months ago
France on fire, Thames Water troubles, and NHS privatisation
Episode 148
What's happening in France? How did Thames Water become saddled with debt? Are we on course for inevitable NHS privatisation?
Join Alastair and Rory …
2 years, 8 months ago