211 Episodes

  1. Is Andy Burnham coming for Keir Starmer’s job?

    Published: 9/25/2025
  2. EMQs: Is there room for optimism in politics?

    Published: 9/22/2025
  3. A looming coup for Starmer?

    Published: 9/18/2025
  4. EMQs: Lasagna plots and Shakespearean AI bots

    Published: 9/15/2025
  5. Peter Mandelson OUT. George Osborne… IN?

    Published: 9/11/2025
  6. EMQs: Car doors, pole dancers and Diary columns

    Published: 9/8/2025
  7. Could sacking Rayner make her a ‘backbench martyr’?

    Published: 9/4/2025
  8. EMQs: Could David Miliband have defeated the Tories in 2015?

    Published: 9/1/2025
  9. Emily Thornberry on the Corbyn era, being left out of government and Starmer’s first year

    Published: 8/28/2025
  10. EMQs Political Craft Special: Speeches, diaries and the art of politics

    Published: 8/25/2025
  11. Wes Streeting on battling the Treasury, his plan for the NHS, and the reality of power

    Published: 8/21/2025
  12. EMQs Young People Special: Why won’t politicians listen to the next generation?

    Published: 8/18/2025
  13. Sarah Vine on Michael Gove, the Camerons, and why she's done with "toxic" politics

    Published: 8/14/2025
  14. EMQs Books Special: Do politicians make good writers?

    Published: 8/11/2025
  15. Kwasi Kwarteng on the Liz Truss meltdown, getting sacked and Kemi Badenoch’s future

    Published: 8/7/2025
  16. EMQs: Is a two-state solution still possible?

    Published: 8/4/2025
  17. Could the UK spiral into a ‘debt doom loop’?

    Published: 7/31/2025
  18. EMQs: Was HS2 a complete waste of money?

    Published: 7/28/2025
  19. Is Labour reaching a breaking point on Palestine?

    Published: 7/24/2025
  20. EMQs: Can we really fund everything in the NHS?

    Published: 7/21/2025

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