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Will Starmer's attack on Farage pay off?
Season 1 Episode 215
Keir Starmer went into the Labour Party Conference in a perilous position, fighting off a 'rolling assault' from within his own party. In a make-or-b…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
What REALLY goes on at party conference?
Season 1 Episode 214
When does a party conference go well? And when does disaster strike? Ahead of the main party conferences, Ed Balls and George Osborne dive into their…
9 months ago
Is Andy Burnham coming for Keir Starmer’s job?
Season 1 Episode 213
Donald Trump's wild speech at the UN General Assembly has done more than just cause a diplomatic headache; it's exposed the deep tensions simmering j…
9 months ago
EMQs: Is there room for optimism in politics?
Season 1 Episode 212
Richard Curtis, rom-com extraordinaire who put Notting Hill on the map is asking a question this week: he wants to know what areas Ed Balls and Georg…
9 months, 1 week ago
A looming coup for Starmer?
Season 1 Episode 211
President Donald Trump is in town, so it’s back to Windsor Castle for our Ed Balls! A podcast recording the morning after a lavish state banquet? Not…
9 months, 1 week ago
EMQs: Lasagna plots and Shakespearean AI bots
Season 1 Episode 210
What really happens in the frantic first 24 hours of a new government job? This week on Ex-Ministers’ Questions, Ed Balls and George Osborne lift the…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Peter Mandelson OUT. George Osborne… IN?
Season 1 Episode 209
Peter Mandelson, the so-called “Prince of Darkness” got sacked this morning, thanks to fresh revelations of his lengthy friendship with sex offender …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
EMQs: Car doors, pole dancers and Diary columns
Season 1 Episode 208
How should a politician respond when a voter blames all their problems on immigration? In this week's Ex-Ministers' Questions, Ed Balls and George Os…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Could sacking Rayner make her a ‘backbench martyr’?
Season 1 Episode 207
Politics is back with a bang, and so are Ed Balls and George Osborne. As Keir Starmer declares "phase two" of his government, he's immediately engulf…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
EMQs: Could David Miliband have defeated the Tories in 2015?
Season 1 Episode 206
What if the great 'what if' moments of recent British history had turned out differently? Ed Balls and George Osborne dive into the political sliding…
9 months, 4 weeks ago