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Will Rachel Reeves be forced into an emergency budget?
Season 1 Episode 154
It’s been a week of political whiplash, including that infamous explosive meeting in the Oval office and renewed commitment from European leaders to …
1 year, 3 months ago
EMQs: The art of parliamentary heckling
Season 1 Episode 153
This week, Conservative peer Baroness Gabby Bertin asks for advice on how to keep a government report from sinking without a trace. Her review - rele…
1 year, 3 months ago
Europe’s security wake-up call
Season 1 Episode 152
As Keir Starmer meets with Donald Trump for the first time since the latter’s re-election, international order appears to be fragmenting around us. G…
1 year, 4 months ago
EMQs: How to survive a cabinet reshuffle
Season 1 Episode 151
Ex-ministers Ed Balls and George Osborne reflect on the moments in their political careers when they went against the whip. What are the consequences…
1 year, 4 months ago
Could Keir Starmer send British Troops to Ukraine?
Season 1 Episode 150
Donald Trump and his Vice President JD Vance have set the cat amongst the pigeons as they criticise Europe and Ukraine this week. Ed Balls and George…
1 year, 4 months ago
EMQs: Are personal insults fair in politics?
Season 1 Episode 149
With Valentine’s Day just gone, podcast soulmates Ed Balls and George Osborne are turning to questions of both hearts and minds this week. As Keir St…
1 year, 4 months ago
Can Kemi Badenoch get free of Nigel Farage?
Season 1 Episode 148
The Starmer government’s landmark Assisted Dying bill could be in danger of collapsing, with sponsor Kim Leadbeater now proposing major changes in th…
1 year, 4 months ago
EMQs: Can we get young people back to work?
Season 1 Episode 147
This week, Ed Balls and George Osborne take on some of the most difficult challenges facing society today. With millions of people of working age not…
1 year, 4 months ago
Will the Tories fall for Keir Starmers EU trap?
Season 1 Episode 146
Keir Starmer has been in Brussels this week, meeting with European Union leaders with the view to resetting the relationship with the bloc. George Os…
1 year, 4 months ago
EMQs: Should we want Donald Trump to succeed?
Season 1 Episode 145
This week Ed Balls and George Osborne look at what makes a smart, successful opposition party. Is disagreeing with everything the government of the d…
1 year, 4 months ago