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  • What would you do if you became Prime Minister?

    What would you do if you became Prime Minister?
    2025/08/22

    In our latest weekend magazine edition, the team are asked to imagine what they would do if “the ball came loose from the back of the scrum” and they won power. Which policies would they prioritise? From boosting housing, to tackling anti-social behaviour, expanding continuous vocational education and training, banning cycling on pavements and mandating the pint-sized bottle of champagne, Tim, Miranda and Iain design their manifestos. Plus, the coming constitutional crisis if Reform does win the election and has no seats in the House of Lords.


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    34 分
  • Why is Starmer's government so unpopular?

    Why is Starmer's government so unpopular?
    2025/08/20
    Is it just "the economy stupid" or is there a deeper malaise stoking impatience with Starmer this summer, so soon after his 2024 win? Our team ponders the context wonders and whether or not the failures are all Labour's responsibility.

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    55 分
  • Question Time: the rematch

    Question Time: the rematch
    2025/08/15
    With the others away, Tim and Miranda tackle some of the posers for the team that got left out of last week's episode. Keep your questions coming in!

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    42 分
  • What does Lammy's friendship with JD Vance tell us?

    What does Lammy's friendship with JD Vance tell us?
    2025/08/13
    The Veep seems an unlikely holidaymaker in the UK but the foreign secretary has been wooing him for a long time. Our team discuss political friendships across the divide, including our own. Plus: Badenoch and Britishness.

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    47 分
  • Question time: Is there too much doom and gloom?

    Question time: Is there too much doom and gloom?
    2025/08/08

    In this listeners’ question time episode, the team tackle a wide range of subjects. Is there too much doom and gloom? Is it time for ID cards? Could any government raise income tax? Why has the country forgotten Covid? And a listener asks: who are we? A good question.


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    42 分
  • Has any party got a policy to stop the boats?

    Has any party got a policy to stop the boats?
    2025/08/06
    An intense political battle is being fought over August, normally quiet in Westminster. It centres on the small boats and wider migration issues. But amidst the conflicting claims and policy ideas the boats keep on coming. The movement of people is a global crisis at least as challenging as the crash of 2008. Are leaders in Britain and elsewhere even close to meeting it?

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    47 分
  • What is the role of uncertainty in politics?

    What is the role of uncertainty in politics?
    2025/08/01
    Is UK politics obsessed with certainty in an uncertain age? The terms of debate often demand that politicians and even the media adopt a fixed position and argue from strong convictions. This weekend's episode explores the virtues of doubt and pragmatism during a period of tumult.

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    34 分
  • How will Starmer navigate his difficult summer?

    How will Starmer navigate his difficult summer?
    2025/07/30
    With numerous crises to contend with on both the domestic and diplomatic front, Downing Street is hunkered down, looking towards an autumn Budget and a party conference speech from the PM that minimises or moves past this difficult phase in the life of the government. What might work? Unsolicited advice from the team as we ennumerate all his challanges.

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    50 分