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Is Labour’s immigration blitz worth the price?
Season 1 Episode 175
Keir Starmer’s controversial reference to an “Island of strangers” as part of his immigration overhaul has sparked a furore, and inspired a compariso…
1 year, 1 month ago
EMQs: Can Reform UK fix broken councils?
Season 1 Episode 174
This week on Ex Ministers’ Questions Ed Balls and George Osborne hear from listeners from the high seas, the Dubai sun, and the halls of Parliament -…
1 year, 1 month ago
Starmer's Trump Bump? The UK-US trade deal
Season 1 Episode 173
It’s been an impressive week for the Labour government, with trade deals with both India and the US. Ed Balls and George Osborne consider: what does …
1 year, 1 month ago
EMQs: A Brit for Governor of California?
Season 1 Episode 172
Ed Balls and George Osborne, fresh from a break for the Inside the Room Series: The Election that Never Was, jump straight back in with a slew of que…
1 year, 1 month ago
Trump’s tumultuous first 100 days, UK local elections and the end of two party politics?
Season 1 Episode 171
Local elections are taking place across England today - and they’re a major political test for Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch, and Nigel Farage. Ed Ball…
1 year, 1 month ago
Inside The Room: The Election That Never Was (Part 3)
Season 1 Episode 169
To Snap or Not to Snap?... As we turn to October 2007, election fever has taken over the UK - everyone from journalists to the opposition to Ed Balls…
1 year, 2 months ago
Inside The Room: The Election That Never Was (Part 2)
Season 1 Episode 168
Election Speculation... Labour had a substantial lead in the polls in 2007, fuelling talk of a snap general election to cement Gordon Brown’s place i…
1 year, 2 months ago
Inside The Room: The Election That Never Was (Part 1)
Season 1 Episode 167
Gordon Brown Takes the Crown... Ed Balls and George Osborne relive the sliding doors moment that could have changed the course of British history - t…
1 year, 2 months ago
EMQs Easter special: Does anyone want to pay more taxes?
Season 1 Episode 166
In this Easter special, Ed Balls and George Osborne meet a truly mythical creature: someone who wants to pay more tax, not less. And according to Geo…
1 year, 2 months ago
EMQs: How should PMs behave after they leave No 10?
Season 1 Episode 165
As the US-China trade war heats up, Ed Balls and George Osborne ask: what if the Trump White House took the nuclear option… defaulting on its debts t…
1 year, 2 months ago