Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAnd The Wind Cries ‘Boris’
Season 1 Episode 63
Is the smorgasbord of Big Ideas that Boris Johnson announced to the virtual Conservative Conference actually deliverable? Do plans for the Saudi Arab…
5 years, 7 months ago
We All Live In A Trade Talks Submarine
Season 1 Episode 62
As the EU gives notice of legal action against Britain, are the trade talks about to enter the Tunnel, the Submarine or total meltdown? Is Lindsay Ho…
5 years, 7 months ago
Freeze A Jolly Good Furlough
Season 1 Episode 61
As the COVID outlook worsens dramatically, can Boris Johnson make another six months of restrictions stick? Is Rishi Sunak’s new Job Support Scheme j…
5 years, 7 months ago
Test Botch Special
Season 1 Episode 60
What has gone so wrong with the Government’s “world-beating” COVID response? After a summer of confusion, can the “moonshot” get the Government’s pan…
5 years, 7 months ago
Specific and Limited Chaos
Season 1 Episode 59
As Boris Johnson attempts to feed the Withdrawal Bill into a shredder marked “Internal Market Bill”, what does it mean for the rule of law, civil ser…
5 years, 7 months ago
Simon’s on the Case
Season 1 Episode 58
It’s all change at the top of the Civil Service as the youngest Cabinet Secretary in over a century begins his job next week. But who is Simon Case? …
5 years, 8 months ago
Return to Brexit Island
Season 1 Episode 57
Brexit may be Done but it’s about to rise from the grave as we get closer to Dec 31. The IfG’s Brexit Team convene to look ahead to a tumultuous autu…
5 years, 8 months ago
Slave To The ’Rithm – Exams crisis fallout
Season 1 Episode 56
The A-Levels fiasco could damage more than pupils’ futures and the career of Gavin Williamson. What will it mean for any potentially beneficial futur…
5 years, 8 months ago
Marksism Today: The A Levels Fiasco
Season 1 Episode 55
As pupils and parents fume over the A Levels mess, how and why did the Government inflict this fiasco on itself? As cheese drives a wedge between Bri…
5 years, 8 months ago
Northern Uproar and Overloading the Lords
Season 1 Episode 54
The Government’s emergency lockdown of Greater Manchester took the public by surprise and left them confused and resentful. Special guest Jennifer Wi…
5 years, 9 months ago