Following Rishi Sunak's unprecedented 50-day turnaround from defeated leadership candidate to U.K. prime minister, Westminster Insider host Jack Blanchard looks back at some of the great political comebacks of our times.
Guests include Peter Mandelson, who shocked Westminster — and himself — with a sensational return to the U.K. Cabinet in 2008 after four ye ... Show More
Jul 4
Can Keir Starmer survive the next 6 months?
Keir Starmer's authority is under question following a humiliating series of U-turns and a restless parliamentary Labour Party. In this Westminster Insider interview, host Anne McElvoy talks to Maurice Glasman, the Labour peer, who’s seen as the godfather of "Blue Labour" and an ... Show More
27m 17s
Aug 2023
The Political Editors: Sir Peter Riddell
Westminster veteran Sir Peter Riddell tells Matt about his time charting the dramatic end to the Thatcher era, underestimating John Major, Labour coming back from the wilderness, and how the job of covering politics has changed over the years.
The Political Editors is half a cent ... Show More
43m 32s
Jun 2024
464. Modern British Elections (Part 2)
From the turn of the 20th century, election campaigns - though still replete with politicians behaving badly - have evolved. They have become less mass-participation events or festivals, and receded, with the majority of the population growing increasingly indifferent. Though, fo ... Show More
56 m
Feb 2023
Jimmy Carter, retour sur le bilan d'un président trop souvent sous-estimé
Ce lundi 20 février, c'était «President's Day» aux États-Unis, un jour férié institué au XIXe siècle pour célébrer l'anniversaire de naissance de George Washington. Cette journée permet aux Américains de célébrer tous leurs présidents, des plus célèbres à ceux que l'histoire a o ... Show More
15m 26s