Guardian columnist John Harris, political editor Pippa Crerar, and policy editor Kiran Stacey analyse the week's politics news
Latest episodes
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21 min
What makes Andy Burnham think Britain can rejoin the EU?
Andy Burnham claims revising Brexit would ‘bring people together’. The PM wants to look again at issues such as free movement but rules out joining the euro or Schengen. Would rejo…
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47 min
“Culture is stagnant, so politics is stuck” – playwright James Graham | Radical Thinking
Are we doomscrolling our way into a democratic crisis? That’s what the playwright James Graham fears may be happening, as he suggests that our algorithms have led us into ‘a massiv…
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19 min
Rosebank row: will Labour block the oilfield?
The government has given the go-ahead for the Jackdaw gasfield, but that was the easy part. The next big headache is the Rosebank oilfield. The energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh,…
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20 min
Who is Alan Milburn and will he get young people back to work?
As young people take to the streets across the world to protest over living standards, Andy Burnham is hoping the former health secretary Alan Milburn has the answers to prevent si…
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58 min
‘Austerity is inevitably painful’: How Michael Gove justifies his politics | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chak…
For more than three decades, Michael Gove has been a leading figure in British Conservatism. As a journalist, government minister and now editor of the Tory bible, the Spectator, h…
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19 min
Is Andy Burnham in hot water over Manchester City?
Andy Burnham is being accused of a serious misjudgment over his comments about meetings with Manchester City’s owners. Kiran Stacey discusses the controversy after returning from a…
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24 min
Was Burnham right to talk about Russian interference in Brexit?
Andy Burnham has started an almighty row by claiming that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum. He also says he wants the UK to have closer ties to the EU. The row is on…
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50 min
‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabort…
Are we really living through ‘end times fascism’? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor think so. In a new series from the Guardian, the pair speak to Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabor…
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17 min
Did the Zionism row lose it for Zack Polanski?
Zack Polanski has lost the Holborn and St Pancras byelection to Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali. Despite the Greens increasing their vote share from 2024, Polanski had the cloud of the ‘Z…
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41 min
M&S Kemi: can the Tory leader win over core vote?
Kemi Badenoch has promised to ditch inheritance tax on family homes if elected as prime minister, leading to criticism that she is prioritising the rich over the poor. Plus, the po…
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24 min
Why Kemi Badenoch embraces being the leader of the ‘nasty party’
Kemi Badenoch is kicking off Conservative party conference with a little bounce in her step and her personal poll ratings improved. But critics will say that as she embraces the na…
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53 min
'There’s no such thing as democracy': Yanis Varoufakis | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty
Who is really in charge – the people or the markets? In the first episode of Radical Thinking, a new series from the Guardian, senior economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty spea…
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14 min
Burnham’s triple lock gamble
Andy Burnham has delivered a powerful and emotional speech to the Labour conference. He announced policies on pensions, social care and electoral reform. He said he was willing to…
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28 min
‘They will bow’: energy secretary challenges Reform and Tories
Speaking to Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey at the Labour party conference in Liverpool, Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, said a mark of her success or failure would be wheth…
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27 min
Andy Burnham shows his emotional side
Andy Burnham will make his first speech at Labour conference as prime minister on Tuesday. Ahead of that, he has been talking to Pippa Crerar about why he is in the job and what ch…
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27 min
What really happened in the room with Burnham and Trump
Pippa Crerar had a front row seat for the PM’s first meeting with Donald Trump. What really happened during that 12-minute press conference? And as the Labour conference kicks off…
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26 min
Can Andy Burnham pull off the ‘Mamdani effect’ on Donald Trump?
The UK prime minister will meet the US president for the first time in New York on Tuesday. With Trump at his weakest in the polls, could this be a perfect moment for Burnham to ch…
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31 min
Tax the middle earners! Will the PM do it?
Former Bank of England economist Andy Haldane said the markets regarded this government as ‘a pretty traditional tax and spend socialist government with better TikTok videos’. Hars…
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24 min
‘Party for sale’? Reform’s £72m donation causes backlash
There’s been a huge backlash against Reform UK after the party received £72m from two crypto billionaires over the weekend. Paul Nowak, the TUC leader, said the money showed democr…
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28 min
Labour shifts on Israel, but what difference will it make?
It has been a huge week for Labour as Ed Miliband shifted the party’s stance on Israel by announcing sanctions on the illegal settlements in the West Bank and describing what is ha…