Politics Weekly UK Podcast
1) Government errors pile up: Politics Weekly podcast
Heather Stewart and Peter Walker discuss the latest from Westminster. Plus Anita Boateng and Paul Harrison review the prime minister’s performance at the Conservative party conference. Help support ou...Show More
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The UK government missed proper contact tracing for possibly hundreds of thousands of people because they exported the contact data into Exc...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Trump rows back on strait of Hormuz threat – what next?
The US president has extended by five days his deadline to ‘hit and obliterate’ Iran’s power stations and energy infrastructure if Tehran does not allow shipping to move freely. Pippa Crerar and Kiran...Show More
3) Off Duty: The Crime
On the evening of 29 December 2011, Officer Clifton Lewis was moonlighting as a security guard at a Chicago minimart when two men walked in. They shot Lewis several times, then took off with his gun a...Show More
4) Do the Conservatives have a problem with Muslims?
At the launch of the Conservative local elections campaign on Thursday, Peter Walker asked Kemi Badenoch about her shadow justice secretary’s claim that Muslims praying in Trafalgar square was an ‘act...Show More
5) Can Starmer avoid being drawn into the US-Iran war?
The PM says the UK will not be dragged into wider war in the Middle East and pledges support for households struggling to pay for heating oil. Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey talk about what the governm...Show More
6) How damaging are the Mandelson files for Starmer?
As the first tranche of documents relating to the hiring of Peter Mandelson are released, how bad will the fallout be for Keir Starmer and the government? Pippa Crerar is joined by Peter Walker to dis...Show More
7) Is the UK government prepared for oil price hikes?
Oil prices have already shot up thanks to the US-Israeli war in Iran. But what is the economic fallout likely to be? Will interest rates rise? What about inflation? Could the cost of borrowing increas...Show More
8) Has Starmer been too weak on Iran?
The UK prime minister has defended his stance on the war in the Middle East amid growing pressure from Cyprus, Bahrain and the UAE. John Harris, Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss whether he has sh...Show More
9) How is Britain supporting US airstrikes in Iran?
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss Keir Starmer’s announcement that British bases in the UK and in the Chagos Islands would be used by the US in their strikes in Iran. Their use is for ‘limited def...Show More
10) No more safe seats: the Greens take Gorton and Denton
In a stunning setback for Labour, the Green party has decisively won the Gorton and Denton byelection, with Reform UK finishing second. Does this result signal the end of Labour’s safe seats? And coul...Show More