234 Episodes

  1. Is the US turning its back on Europe?

    Published: 11/12/2025

  2. EMQs: Is it time to abolish the state pension triple lock?

    Published: 8/12/2025

  3. When will Labour’s communication catastrophe end?

    Published: 4/12/2025

  4. EMQs: How much power do chancellors have?

    Published: 1/12/2025

  5. Has Chancellor Rachel Reeves abandoned growth?

    Published: 27/11/2025

  6. Budget Hot Take: Has Chancellor Rachel Reeves saved herself? | LIVE reaction

    Published: 26/11/2025

  7. EMQs: Is it time for a Tory/Labour truce?

    Published: 24/11/2025

  8. Is Shabana Mahmood the heir to Blair?

    Published: 20/11/2025

  9. EMQs: Is PMQs just 'political theatre'?

    Published: 17/11/2025

  10. Starmer v Streeting: Is it curtains for Keir?

    Published: 13/11/2025

  11. EMQs: What does 'fairness' actually mean in politics?

    Published: 10/11/2025

  12. Is this Rachel Reeves’ last throw of the dice?

    Published: 6/11/2025

  13. EMQs: TikTok, Strictly, and foreign aid

    Published: 3/11/2025

  14. Can Starmer hold on as PM?

    Published: 30/10/2025

  15. EMQs: Is the political centre dead?

    Published: 27/10/2025

  16. Why blaming Brexit won’t save Rachel Reeves

    Published: 23/10/2025

  17. EMQs: Would you serve in your political rival’s cabinet?

    Published: 20/10/2025

  18. Inside the China spy crisis shaking Starmer’s government

    Published: 16/10/2025

  19. EMQs: Could George Osborne still be a Tory MP?

    Published: 13/10/2025

  20. Has Kemi Badenoch saved herself?

    Published: 9/10/2025

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