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Question Time: Foreign ownership in football, the BBC vs. Modi, and conspiracy theories
Episode 105
What should we make of the Qatari bid to buy Manchester United? Why is Modi's government raiding the BBC offices in India? And why did Rory's appeara…
3 years, 7 months ago
Ukraine: one year on, the fall of Nicola Sturgeon, and Sunak's biggest gamble
Episode 104
Who will be Nicola Sturgeon's successor as First Minister of Scotland? What does the future hold for Russia's relationship with the West? Is Boris Jo…
3 years, 7 months ago
Question Time: Expensing helicopters, the North-South divide, and Rory's return to politics?
Episode 103
Will Rory ever return to politics? How do MPs serve effectively from remote areas? Should Russia be allowed to compete in the Paris Olympics? Alastai…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Secret Brexit Summit, Erdoğan under fire, and the death penalty
Episode 102
Why are ardent remainers and high profile eurosceptics meeting in secret to discuss our relationship with Europe? How has the earthquake in Turkey af…
3 years, 7 months ago
Question Time: Palestine in 2023, Chat GPT, and what do diplomats actually do?
Episode 101
What is the actual role of a diplomat? Would Brexit have had a different result if Labour was under Ed Miliband's leadership? How will artificial int…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Revenge of Liz Truss, Earthquakes in Syria and Turkey, and China's 'Red Zeppelin'
Episode 100
Are Johnson and Truss on manoeuvres against Sunak? Has the Chinese spy balloon pushed US relations with Beijing to a dangerous place? And what's Rory…
3 years, 7 months ago
Question Time: Missing refugees, the best type of MPs, and are universities left wing?
Episode 99
Are academics generally left-leaning? Should the theatrical nature of PMQs be reformed? What makes an MP 'talented'? Listen to hear these questions a…
3 years, 7 months ago
100 days of Sunak, the art of resigning, and Israel-Palestine
Episode 98
After 100 days as PM, is Rishi Sunak’s power already waning? What happens behind the scenes of a high-profile resignation? Has the US pivoted away fr…
3 years, 7 months ago
Question Time: Leaving office, a Labour Scotland, and what's the point of Davos?
Episode 97
What do Rory, Mark Zuckerberg and Saif Gaddafi all have in common? Will we see a Labour revival in Scotland? Why haven't the CPS followed up over loc…
3 years, 8 months ago
Johnson's £800k loan, Zahawi's tax trouble, and Russia in Africa
Episode 96
Who gave Boris Johnson an £800k loan when he was PM? Is Nadhim Zahawi's political career over? Why is Russia on a charm offensive in Africa?
Alastair …
3 years, 8 months ago