As Westminster heads back to work after the summer recess, host Jack Blanchard talks to six political experts about what’s coming up in the months ahead.
The FT’s Stephen Bush and the Spectator’s Katy Balls discuss the challenges facing new Prime Minister Keir Starmer this autumn, and consider the Tory leadership contest is likely to play out.
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Sep 19
Inside the fight to stop migrants crossing the Channel
Just this week, Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, has made a fresh effort to remove migrants arriving from the English Channel with the Government's one-in-one-out agreement with France. So this week on Westminster Insider, host Sascha O'Sullivan finds out why it's so hard – a ... Show More
47m 25s
Jun 2024
The man likely to be Britain’s next Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, on the US-UK relationship in the age of Trump and more
Today on the show, Fareed speaks with David Lammy, British Labour politician and Shadow Foreign Secretary, about the upcoming UK election in which Labour is expected to win in a landslide. They also discuss what a Labour government’s approach to a second Trump presidency would lo ... Show More
41m 7s
Feb 2025
Ep103 Navigating Political Backlash and Keir Starmer's Mega Ordering Opportunity
Today, Jason and Alexandra answer some probing listener questions. They discuss the role of the UK in global politics, and the implications of Brexit. Dissect the challenges of maintaining progressive values amidst backlash, and the potential for Keir Starmer's leadership in navi ... Show More
53m 35s
Jul 2024
Starmer Digs Into Bowels Of Blair and Brown | The President’s Brain Is missing. Don’t Bother Looking
On this Moats, george Galloway reflects on the general election and Labour’s disgraced returnees in UK as one cheek hands power over to the other, the Welsh Windbag, the party’s Porn Channel Princess and Biden, the Democrats El Cid, Biden is incapable of holding his own with a li ... Show More
1h 1m
Sep 8
Political instability jolts Japan
The French government is on the brink of another collapse, and Japan’s prime minister quits after just a year in office. Plus, China may open its domestic bond market to Russian companies for the first time since 2022, and US economic data is complicating the Federal Reserve’s up ... Show More
11m 45s