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The Met vs Sue Gray on ‘partygate’
The official investigation into lockdown Downing Street gatherings was due to be concluded this week, but a criminal probe by the police has thrown W…
4 years, 1 month ago
The hole Boris Johnson digs for himself gets bigger
The latest twists and turns in the ‘partygate’ drama this week as Conservative MPs threatened a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson…
4 years, 1 month ago
The row over Number 10 parties during the 2020 lockdown
This week we’re devoting the episode to the “partygate” row which has blown up in Westminster. After the prime minister revealed he attended a party,…
4 years, 1 month ago
The cost of living crisis - a defining political theme of 2022
We look at the trouble ahead for Boris Johnson, starting with the crisis in the energy market. What can the government do to stop bills doubling in t…
4 years, 2 months ago
In conversation with Michael Cockerell
Michael Cockerell has made some of the best political documentaries about UK politics, covering prime ministers from Harold Macmillan to Boris Johnso…
4 years, 2 months ago
In conversation with Andrew Mitchell
Andrew Mitchell went through many of the UK's most established institutions, from public school to the army to the City of London and parliament, the…
4 years, 2 months ago
A remarkable by-election outcome
We analyse the remarkable by-election outcome. On top of the two biggest parliamentary defeats of his career as prime minister, we’ll look at just ho…
4 years, 2 months ago
Boris Johnson encounters turbulent times
This week we analyse the new measures abruptly imposed in England in response to the alarming rise in Omicron coronavirus cases. What spooked the gov…
4 years, 3 months ago
Fears about the Omicron coronavirus variant
This week we dissect how much we know about the rising new variant and ask how worried we should be. Will we see much tighter restrictions imposed as…
4 years, 3 months ago
Tragedy in the English Channel
Twenty-seven asylum seekers drowned trying to reach Britain, highlighting the growing crisis of small boats. How can the issue be resolved and what d…
4 years, 3 months ago