As the jaw-dropping downfall of Boris Johnson plays out on Twitter feeds across Westminster and far beyond, Jack Blanchard looks at how the social media platform has revolutionized the way we watch, write about and conduct British politics.
Co-host Ailbhe Rea, Twitter executive Nick Pickles and freelance journalist Marie Le Conte discuss how Twitter has beco ... Show More
Yesterday
What's the point of political protests?
Climate change, Palestine, Brexit, the Iraq War. Westminster has seen it all when it comes to protests, and the inhabitants of Parliament are largely desensitised to the angry cries at the gates. This week on Westminster Insider host Sascha O'Sullivan asks: what's the point of ma ... Show More
40m 57s
May 29
Why the Conservatives are so cheery: inside the Tory reboot
At the local elections, the Conservative Party lost hundreds of councillors and dozens of seats across England, Scotland and Wales, but Kemi Badenoch declared a comeback. So this week, Sascha O'Sullivan goes inside the Conservative Party's hopes for a renewal. She speaks to Shado ... Show More
37m 42s
Feb 2023
Jeremy Corbyn on strikes, Starmer and anti-Semitism
Jeremy Corbyn’s time as Labour leader was one of the most extraordinary periods of modern politics. For a while he seemed like he’d moved the posts of politics. And yet now, he is a political ghost. He isn’t even a Labour MP. In this wide ranging and exclusive interview, Lewis ta ... Show More
45m 41s
Aug 2021
[REDIFF] QAnon : histoire d’un mouvement complotiste pro-Trump devenu incontrôlable
<p>Publié pour la première fois le 18 janvier 2021.</p><p>Le mercredi 6 janvier, plusieurs centaines de manifestants envahissent le Capitole, un lieu emblématique de la démocratie américaine, pour contester une nouvelle fois la défaite de Donald Trump à l'élection présidentielle ... Show More
22m 59s