Aug 29

The Anti-Western Alliance

Xi Jinping will host Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un in Beijing next week to mark the end of the Second World War. As Western leaders largely stay away, how much should we worry about the dictators cosying up to each other?Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day with Cindy Yu an ... Show More

30m 24s

Aug 28

Flip-Flop Farage

Nigel Farage has stumbled over whether a Reform government would deport women and children as part of its border security plans. Does Reform UK need to think twice before rushing through policies? Hugo Rifkind is joined by Manveen Rana and Fraser Nelson to unpack the politics of ... Show More

36m 42s

Aug 27

Trouble In Paris Threatens Small Boats Plan

A political crisis in Paris threatens to undo a key pillar of Keir Starmer's plan to 'smash the gangs'. Can cooperation with Europe help Britain tackle the crisis or is a new strategy needed?Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton. Host ... Show More

33m 18s

Jun 2024

Will Reform throw a brick in the Tories' red wall?

In 2019, Boris Johnson’s Conservatives upended decades’ of traditional voting behaviour, as lifelong Labour seats in the north and midlands fell to the Tories. But with Brexit delivered and Johnson gone, the Tories are being challenged from the right by a resurgent Reform, as Luk ... Show More

25m 54s

Sep 2024

'Let’s finish the job’ - Ed Davey at the Lib Dem conference

Ed Davey told the Liberal Democrat party conference that he would "cut through the government's doom and gloom" and plans to "vanquish what's left of the Conservative Party". With attention-grabbing stunts, which this week extended to arriving at the conference on a jet ski, ... Show More

23m 29s

Feb 2015

S01-EP01 - Maurice Glasman on democracy, creative destruction and Wolf Hall

David interviews Lord (Maurice) Glasman - Labour peer, academic, and architect of ‘Blue Labour’ – for his predictions on the outcome of 2015, the future of the Labour Party, and what modern politicians can learn from Wolf Hall. The team then give their forecasts for the Election ... Show More

45m 14s

Mar 2025

Dartford

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Dartford. Joining Fiona on the panel are Labour's Darren Jones, the Conservatives' Richard Holden, the Liberal Democrats' Daisy Cooper, economist and YouTuber Gary Stevenson, and journalist Camilla Tominey

57m 15s

Jun 2024

Can Rishi's manifesto save the Tories?

Can the Tories overtake Labour despite their pole position? Or have the Conservatives spun off into the gravel? Those and other tortuous F1 metaphors can all be heard as we’re live at Silverstone for the Conservative manifesto launch. We hear the highlights of Rishi Sunak’s speec ... Show More

40m 36s

Jul 2024

U.K. Labour Party Sweeps to Power in Election Landslide

A.M. Edition for July 5th. After shedding its more radical policies and members, Britain’s Labour Party hands the ruling Conservatives the worst defeat in the party’s 190-year history. The Journal’s Max Colchester explains how Keir Starmer led Labour to victory on a pledge to end ... Show More

14m 41s

Aug 2024

Starmer says things can only get...worse?

It's the start of a new political season, and Keir Starmer has launched it with a downbeat speech promising a 'painful' short term future for the country with unpopular decisions ahead. The PM once more laying the blame for those decisions at the door of the Tories. But would he ... Show More

39m 27s

Oct 2024

What really happened at the Conservative Party party?

And why is democracy a low priority for American voters? Rachel Cunliffe is joined by Andrew Marr, George Eaton, and Katie Stallard. Sign up to the New Statesman's daily politics newsletter: Morning Call Submit a question for a future episode: You Ask Us Hosted on Acast. See acas ... Show More

27m 57s

Jul 2024

What is the future of the Tory party?

A tale of two thinktanks - you lucky things. Jon has spent the day at the Tony Blair Institute and Emily has been with the Popular Conservatives (PopCons), Liz Truss' former parish. After the worst result in their history, how does the Conservative party rebuild?And what lessons ... Show More

38m 57s

Sep 2024

Who is Robert Jenrick - and is he going to become Tory leader?

The first round of the Conservative leadership race has seen Priti Patel leave the race, and Robert Jenrick take poll position. Could he be the Conservatives next leader? And what kind of Tory is he? We talk to Tory watcher and author Ben Riley Smith from the Telegraph. Later, is ... Show More

36m 20s

Starmer's Surprise Shake-Up