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EMQs: Paddleboards, power stances and private schools
Season 1 Episode 62
Gimmicks and gaffes have been a feature of the first week of the election campaign. Inspired by Ed Davey’s attempt to raise awareness of river pollut…
2 years ago
Is Rishi Sunak's election gamble paying off?
Season 1 Episode 61
After a faltering start in the rain, Rishi Sunak’s campaign seems to be gaining momentum. Is it enough to prove he was right to gamble on a snap elec…
2 years ago
EMQs: Election Questions Special
Season 1 Episode 60
Ed Balls and George Osborne have election fever and won’t be stopped from answering your EMQs. How did George get the election date so wrong? Is the …
2 years, 1 month ago
Things Can Only Get Worse: Sunak’s Snap Election
Season 1 Episode 59
A snap election! Not quite George Osborne’s prediction of 14th November, Ed Balls is struggling to understand the logic that led Rishi Sunak to surpr…
2 years, 1 month ago
EMQs: Truss, treasury officials and techxit?
Season 1 Episode 58
Why doesn’t Bristol have a mayor anymore? What do treasury officials actually do? And is there a reason we’re losing so many bright young tech expert…
2 years, 1 month ago
Protests, Presidents and Politics like it's 97!
Season 1 Episode 57
Keir Starmer, poster boy. The Labour leader’s new pledge card is here, with six key policies and a black and white photoshoot to woo the public. Is i…
2 years, 1 month ago
EMQs: Political Book Club
Season 1 Episode 56
Ed Balls and George Osborne are pleased to have been asked for book recommendations. Is this the start of a book club to compete with the likes of Ri…
2 years, 1 month ago
Defections, coalitions and China-UK relations
Season 1 Episode 55
Rishi Sunak lives to fight another day after some terrible local election results. But as he loses yet another MP to Labour, Ed Balls and George Osbo…
2 years, 1 month ago
Will local elections bring down Sunak?
Season 1 Episode 54
It’s polling day. Ed Balls and George Osborne give their expert analysis on the importance of local elections: what contests do you need to look out …
2 years, 1 month ago
EMQs: Ed Balls Day
Season 1 Episode 53
It’s the most auspicious day of the year: Ed Balls Day. To celebrate, George has got his Ed Balls mask out (not a euphemism), and is ready to go Insi…
2 years, 2 months ago