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Season 1 Episode 172
The Inside Briefing team assemble minutes after Lord Geidt’s explosive resignation letter was published. So just how careless is it of the Prime Mini…
3 years, 10 months ago
1922 and all that: Johnson’s crisis of confidence
Season 1 Episode 171
Technically, Boris Johnson is safe for another year. But is he really? Deputy Political Editor of the Spectator Katy Balls joins the IFG to discuss t…
3 years, 10 months ago
VONC Special: Boris On The Brink?
Season 1 Episode 171
With 148 votes against him, was Boris Johnson’s vote of confidence victory a Pyrrhic one? The IfG team convene to look at the unfolding civil war in …
3 years, 11 months ago
Beyond the Beehive: lessons on government reform from New Zealand
Season 1 Episode 170
New Zealand is often seen as a poster child for government reform. In this special edition of Inside Briefing Professor Rodney Scott, the chief polic…
3 years, 11 months ago
Gray Matters
Season 1 Episode 169
The long wait is over, and the Sue Gray report is out. So, what does it tell us about Boris Johnson’s No10? What have we learnt about the culture in …
3 years, 11 months ago
Belfast and the furious
Season 1 Episode 168
Breaking news special! The podcast team assembled in the studio as the Met confirmed it had finished its partygate inquiry - and would not issue any …
3 years, 11 months ago
Boris and the Giant Queen’s Speech
Season 1 Episode 167
A Queen’s Speech without a Queen, but was it a Queen’s Speech without a theme? The Guardian’s Rafael Behr joins the podcast team to dissect Prince Ch…
3 years, 11 months ago
Election selection rejection
Season 1 Episode 165
Election results were landing by the time the IfG podcast team - with guest Anoosh Chakelian of the New Statesman - assembled in the studio.
What do t…
4 years ago
A little local difficulty?
Season 1 Episode 164
With less than a week to go until a series of elections across the UK, the FT's Jim Pickard joins the podcast team to discuss what's at stake - and w…
4 years ago
Partygate in the House
Season 1 Episode 163
The prime minister avoided another explosive day in Westminster by heading to India, but is the home front becoming ever-more precarious for Boris Jo…
4 years ago