logo
episode-header-image
Sep 2022
23m 19s

What next for Global Britain?

Financial Times
About this episode

Britain's new prime minister is facing huge challenges on both the domestic and international stage. Gideon talks to Bronwen Maddox, director of Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, in London about how Liz Truss will deal with the Ukraine war, Brexit and relations with the US and China.

Clips: Royal Family Channel; France 24


More on this topic:


Liz Truss admits UK trade deal with US is not on the agenda

The economic consequences of Liz Truss

Liz Truss to launch UK defence review as she calls for Russian reparations

Britain enters the era of King Charles III


Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.

Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Up next
Today
Putin steps up summer offensive against Ukraine
Russia’s attacks on Ukraine are escalating, both on the front lines and across urban centres. Ben Hall, the FT’s Europe editor, talks to military analyst Franz-Stefan Gady about Ukraine’s battle to hold onto territory until a ceasefire can be agreed. Clips: Channel 4; ABCFree lin ... Show More
19m 23s
Jul 3
Is the US heading for a debt crisis?
Gideon talks to Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund and author of a new book: How Countries Go Broke. They discuss the size of the US debt and what history tells us about identifying warning signs. Clip: CBSFree links to read more on this ... Show More
24m 3s
Jun 12
Nato’s moment of truth
Gideon talks to Oana Lungescu, Nato's former and longest-serving spokesperson, about what to expect from this month’s summit and what's at stake? Can Europe convince the Trump administration that Russia is a risk they need to take seriously, and will an agreement to increase defe ... Show More
29m 17s
Recommended Episodes
Oct 2022
Truss is gone. Who will lead the UK?
Liz Truss resigned as UK prime minister on Thursday. We’ll look at the political fallout, impact on economic policy, and what it means for ordinary Brits.  Mentioned in this podcast:Succession battle begins after Liz Truss quits as UK prime ministerHunt still has a fiscal hole to ... Show More
11m 26s
Oct 2022
The Rapid Downfall of Liz Truss
Prime Minister Liz Truss of Britain has resigned after only 44 days in office. Hers is the shortest premiership in the country’s history.What led to her downfall, and why has Britain entered a period of such profound political dysfunction?Guest: Mark Landler, the London bureau ch ... Show More
30m 23s
Sep 2022
Britain in mourning
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-serving monarch, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace has announced. The FT’s Miranda Green examines this moment, and what King Charles III’s assumption to the throne will mean for the royal family.  Mentioned in this podcast:Queen Elizabeth I ... Show More
9m 41s
Oct 2022
British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns
The British Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced her resignation after weeks of chaos in her government. Speaking outside Number Ten Downing Street, Ms Truss said she couldn't deliver the mandate on which she'd been elected. She's been prime minister for only six weeks and her ... Show More
49m 40s
May 2024
The issue the political parties won't talk about
After several delays, Brexit checks finally came into force this week - adding cost and delay to how small businesses can get their goods into the UK. It'll see prices pushed up on the consumer's end too.But, you won't hear either main party discussing this in great detail. Why? ... Show More
40m 29s
Sep 2022
Liz Truss to be new UK prime minister
Liz Truss will be the new UK prime minister after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership contest. It was a closer contest than some analysts predicted, with Truss taking 57% of valid votes cast among Conservative Party members. We hear reaction from a Conservative Party MP ... Show More
48m 49s
Feb 2022
London and Paris at impasse over migrants
Credit Suisse investors warn they will try to block any extension of vice-chair Severin Schwan, and SoftBank is looking to list UK chip design company Arm Holdings on the Nasdaq in the US after a sale to Nvidia fell through. Plus, the FT’s Robert Wright and leading researcher Vir ... Show More
11m 15s
Feb 2023
A big step for Brexit
Shell’s top executives explored moving the company to the US, and Britain and the EU clinched a deal on Monday to settle their dispute over Northern Ireland trading rules. Plus, the FT’s Robert Armstrong explains why the dance between investors and central banks has gotten dull. ... Show More
10m 6s
Oct 2022
Trying to make sense of the UK economic mess
What's happening in the UK right now has heads spinning around the globe. New Prime Minister Liz Truss is already scrambling to survive. Her new chancellor Jeremy Hunt today brought down the axe on nearly all of her tax-cutting plan after it sent the markets spiraling. To make se ... Show More
54m 56s
Sep 2022
Liz Truss faces parliament as British PM
Britain's new prime minister, Liz Truss, rules out a windfall tax on energy producers whose profits are soaring with the price of wholesale gas. Also on the programme: Ethiopian diplomat defends the government's record in its civil war; and a study finds that wild chimpanzees use ... Show More
47m 41s