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  • Can Labour Recover?

    Can Labour Recover?
    May 7 2025
    Labour suffered a by-election defeat and serious losses in the local elections with previous supporters backing parties on the left and Reform. Do Starmer, McSweeneh and Reeves carry on as before or change tack? Are they capable of recognising the scale of the challenge and navigating a way through to a second term? Later in the week we’ll discuss whether the Tories are doomed.

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    48 min
  • Listener question time special edition

    Listener question time special edition
    May 2 2025
    Our team take questions from regular listeners in this weekend special edition. Tim, how can you defend Trump? Steve, was there anything Liz Truss got right? Miranda, why are you hanging around with these people? Iain, do you regret Brexit? When was the last time any of you changed your mind? These questions and many more are answered by the team.

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    51 min
  • Is Nigel Farage on the edge of a historic breakthrough?

    Is Nigel Farage on the edge of a historic breakthrough?
    Apr 30 2025
    Reform is expected to make sweeping gains in the local elections and to win the Runcorn by-election in a previously safe Labour seat. Will this signal a seismic and permanent change in the political landscape or are these elections a fleeting protest against the government and the Conservatives? Why is this happening and what will be the consequences? Plus, what Canada’s election results and the victory of Mark Carney mean.

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    55 min
  • Do religion and politics mix?

    Do religion and politics mix?
    Apr 25 2025
    The death of Pope Francis prompts a host of questions for our team about what separates faith leaders from political leaders. Should politicians "do God" and where does morality come in to the equation? In our weekend magazine edition, the team wrestle with the relationship between religion and temporal affairs.

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    40 min
  • What is the biggest challenge facing Starmer's government?

    What is the biggest challenge facing Starmer's government?
    Apr 23 2025
    With MPs back at Westminster this week, we ask which bit of the government in tray looks more scary: the domestic fiscal squeeze and search for growth or the epoch making shifts in geopolitics? And our team ask whether voters will make any allowances for the international backdrop if things don't get better on the home front. Plus, a regular listener has sent us a cake and a note which sparks an important, serious discussion.

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    54 min
  • How is the political year going so far?

    How is the political year going so far?
    Apr 19 2025

    In an Easter special, our team assess the fortunes of the government and opposition parties since the start of 2025. How is Keir Starmer adapting to power and dealing with Donald Trump? Can Reform build on its strong showing in the polls? What are the pitfalls for Nigel Farage? How bad is the situation for the Tories? And what of Ed Davey and the Lib Dems and the SNP in Scotland?


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    1 h et 1 min
  • Is the UK government right to take control of British Steel?

    Is the UK government right to take control of British Steel?
    Apr 16 2025
    All the main parties backed some form of state intervention to save the Scunthorpe steel plant. Does this rare consensus mark a new era of the active state? Plus, the wider implications of the refuse strike in Birmingham. And which of us refers most to Mrs Thatcher in the podcast? A listener has monitored every podcast to provide the answer.

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    48 min
  • What’s at stake in the May local elections?

    What’s at stake in the May local elections?
    Apr 11 2025
    Opinion polls often determine the political mood but now party leaders face the first set of elections since the general election, and a by-election. If the polls are right, Reform is set to make a significant breakthrough in local government and the Conservatives face another electoral hammering. How significant is this campaign at a local and national level?

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    47 min