Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBuckle up for 2023
Season 1 Episode 202
After that chaotic year of three prime ministers, surely 2023 will be a little calmer? But while we’ve heard optimistic start-the-year speeches from …
3 years, 4 months ago
Constitutions under pressure: Lessons for the UK
Season 1 Episode 201
The UK Constitution is uncodified and a product of centuries of evolution, makes it hard to compare directly to the constitution of other countries. …
3 years, 4 months ago
The IfG Review of 2022 – The year of living dangerously
Season 1 Episode 200
We review a year of chaos, with its three Prime Ministers, four Chancellors, scores of resignations and wild rides for the pound and inflation. Who w…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Winter Of Discontent 2.0
Season 1 Episode 199
The worst concurrence of public service strikes since the 70s is rocking the Government’s authority. Does the Government’s refusal to talk look too u…
3 years, 4 months ago
Peer Pressure
Season 1 Episode 198
The Times' Henry Zeffman joins the podcast team to make sense of Gordon Brown's recipe for constitutional reform - and ask whether Keir Starmer can a…
3 years, 5 months ago
Selection headaches & tactical dilemmas
Season 1 Episode 197
Matt Hancock has come home. Football might be coming home. But Rishi Sunak's problems on the home front are going nowhere. With the Conservative Part…
3 years, 5 months ago
Rishi Sunak’s Growing Pains
Season 1 Episode 196
Liz Truss put economic growth front and centre of her premiership, but does Rishi Sunak even have a coherent growth policy? The Guardian’s City Edito…
3 years, 5 months ago
Autumn Statement of intent
Season 1 Episode 195
Jeremy Hunt has unveiled the government's economic plans, with the chancellor handing out giveaways now but setting out tax rises - and spending cuts…
3 years, 5 months ago
Gavin Williamson shuts up and goes away
Season 1 Episode 194
We didn't have to wait long for the first ministerial resignation of Rishi Sunak's premiership, and it's Gavin Williamson who is out of government - …
3 years, 5 months ago
Rumble in the Westminster Jungle
Season 1 Episode 193
While Matt Hancock’s bushtucker trials will be making all the headlines, Westminster is wondering how Rishi Sunak will manage his ongoing Suella Brav…
3 years, 6 months ago