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EMQs: What do the public think of Ed and George?
Season 1 Episode 278
Off the back of last week’s EMQs, Tamara Finkelstein sends in a correction to the idea that UK schools don’t prepare for attacks like those in the US…
2 months ago
Is the clock ticking for Keir Starmer?
Season 1 Episode 277
Another dramatic revelation in the Mandelson scandal has reignited the tensions around Keir Starmer’s leadership and the future of his government. Ed…
2 months ago
EMQs: Should PMs be youthful or experienced?
Season 1 Episode 274
Fresh off the back of our latest episodes Ed Balls and George Osborne get an answer to their queries around the curate eggs and a follow up to the Li…
2 months, 1 week ago
Is it risky for the Chancellor to attack Trump?
Season 1 Episode 273
The Middle East conflict raged on during our Easter break and George Osborne comes back to us with news from Washington and word from friends in high…
2 months, 1 week ago
What If: George was PM during Covid?
Season 1 Episode 172
In another special ‘What If’ edition of EMQs George Osborne and Ed Balls consider the would be worlds and outcomes, if just one historical event went…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Inside The Room - The Libya Conflict: The Aftermath (Part Three)
Season 1 Episode 270
How can it be ensured countries will face a better future after a large-scale military intervention? It’s a question which applies to both politician…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Inside The Room - The Libya Conflict: The Campaign (Part Two)
Season 1 Episode 269
Planes are in the air and the military intervention in Libya has now begun. But how does the operation progress from here? And what actually happens …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Inside The Room - The Libya Conflict: The Build Up (Part One)
Season 1 Episode 268
As renewed violence erupts across the Middle East, governments have been forced into crisis mode... but when is the right time to intervene, how invo…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
EMQs: Is Wes Streeting a good health secretary?
Season 1 Episode 267
Fellow ex-MP and former health minister Steve Brine sends in a question asking Ed Balls and George Osborne how we judge the performance of a health s…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
What on earth happened to Morgan McSweeney’s phone?
Season 1 Episode 266
Nearly a month into the war in Iran, and the White House’s objectives are no clearer. Donald Trump is sending conflicting signals - peace overtures i…
3 months ago