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EMQs: Are we influencers now?
Season 1 Episode 255
Is it in the best interest of opposition leaders to see weak Prime Ministers resign? In this week’s EMQs Ed and George debate whether it benefits the…
4 months, 1 week ago
Starmer’s worst week yet (after last week)
Season 1 Episode 254
Keir Starmer’s standing has gone from bad to worse this week, with the Peter Mandelson scandal giving way to a series of resignations in No. 10 and t…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
EMQs: What if a PM is incapacitated?
Season 1 Episode 253
What would happen if Keir Starmer were incapacitated? Who would be acting prime minister - David Lammy, Lucy Powell, or someone else entirely? And ho…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Could the Mandelson Scandal bring Starmer down?
Season 1 Episode 252
In this episode we discuss details from the Epstein files, with references to sexual exploitation and some strong language.
We begin this week with th…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
EMQs: Do defections make the Tories electable?
Season 1 Episode 251
Are Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman’s defections a blessing in disguise for Kemi Badenoch? In this week’s EMQs, Ed Balls and George Osborne expla…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Has Keir Starmer missed an opportunity on his visit to China?
Season 1 Episode 250
It’s official: we are the champions. Fresh from two wins at last night’s Political Podcast Awards, a victorious Ed Balls and George Osborne look at t…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
EMQs: Nick Clegg as Chancellor?
Season 1 Episode 249
Why didn’t Nick Clegg become Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 2010 coalition government? Ed Balls and George Osborne take you inside the negotiatio…
5 months ago
Inside Trump’s Davos Moment
Season 1 Episode 248
Fresh off a week of anxiety and uncertainty, George Osborne reports to Ed Balls from Davos to give the inside track on what it was like to see Trump’…
5 months ago
EMQs: Who can solve the business rates debacle?
Season 1 Episode 247
Fellow ex-minister Edward Timpson sends in a question this week, asking Ed Balls and George Osborne how they stayed mentally and physically healthy d…
5 months, 1 week ago
Is Robert Jenrick’s defection a threat to Nigel Farage’s leadership?
Season 1 Episode 246
The dramatic news of Robert Jenrick’s sacking and rumoured plot to defect to Reform broke mid-record this week, meaning Ed Balls and George Osborne g…
5 months, 1 week ago