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Back to SearchWHAT IS THE POINT OF PARTY CONFERENCES?
Season 1 Episode 182
Every autumn the UK’s political parties decamp from Westminster for the annual party conference season. From Brighton to Blackpool, Manchester to Bir…
3 years, 8 months ago
THE SECRET MAP OF WHITEHALL
Season 1 Episode 181
Centuries of British political history has played out across Whitehall, with key decisions taken in the many government buildings that line the stree…
3 years, 8 months ago
THE LIFECYCLE OF A MINISTER
Season 1 Episode 180
From being appointed to the job to that first overwhelming day’s work, from taking key decisions to ultimately being reshuffled back to the backbench…
3 years, 8 months ago
NUMBER 10 AFTER JOHNSON
Season 1 Episode 179
Boris Johnson’s Number 10 veered between the anarchic and the chaotic, marked by resignations, sackings, resets, cake ambushes and work events. So, w…
3 years, 9 months ago
Changing of the guard
Season 1 Episode 178
After six years, three prime ministers and 178 episodes of Inside Briefing, outgoing Institute for Government Director Bronwen Maddox chairs her fina…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Sunak v Truss showdown
Season 1 Episode 177
With the Conservative leadership contest now down to battle between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, the podcast crew assemble to assess the pitches, pledg…
3 years, 9 months ago
A Penny for Their Thoughts?
Season 1 Episode 176
The Conservative leadership contest is gathering speed, but what are the candidates offering their fellow MPs, what does the party membership think, …
3 years, 9 months ago
Boris Johnson: Exit Means Exit?
Season 1 Episode 175
After an extraordinary day in Westminster, and a record-breaking number of resignations, the Prime Minister finally quit Downing Street. But Boris Jo…
3 years, 10 months ago
Around the World in 8 days
Season 1 Episode 174
Three big international summits have kept Boris Johnson thousands of miles away from by-election defeats, a Cabinet resignation and growing disquiet …
3 years, 10 months ago
Double Trouble
Season 1 Episode 173
After two bruising by-election defeats and a Cabinet resignation, is Boris Johnson fighting to hold on to his job? Pollster James Johnson joins the p…
3 years, 10 months ago