The New Statesman Podcast
1) Wes Streeting is "pretty frustrated, tbh"
Wes Streeting denied plotting to oust Keir Starmer.Ailbhe Rea met the Health Secretary to learn what he's really thinking.***Ailbhe writes: Labour is in danger of presenting itself as the “maintenance...Show More
2) Natalie Fleet MP: I won't report my rape
If you are raped in London today, you could be waiting until 2030 for a trial. Justice secretary David Lammy has stated that 60 per cent of rape victims drop their cases whilst waiting for the tr...Show More
3) Nigel Farage wants to be American
Why does the Reform leader spend so much time in the US? Freddie Hayward has been speaking to him to find out.--Winston Churchill had an American mother. Boris Johnson was a dual citizen. But if Nigel...Show More
4) Labour’s Green attacks are misfiring
Keir Starmer described Green party policy as “nuts” and “dangerous” in an interview with the Observer yesterday. But is he underestimating one of Labour’s biggest threats?And is Starmer alienating a g...Show More
5) How can the UK win back the net zero narrative?
As the UK grapples with cost of living pressures, geopolitical shocks and a shifting political landscape, the case for net zero remains strong - but the story around it seems to have stalled.How can p...Show More
6) Is Labour still Labour?
Is the Labour Party holding true to its founding principles? Have we lost trust in the police? Are we in a recession?Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Luke O’Reilly and Rachel Cunliffe to answer your ques...Show More
7) Labour’s polling nightmare
A recent result from pollsters Find Out Now has put Labour support at just 14%, behind Reform, the Tories and the Greens.Just how bad are these polling numbers for Labour?Oli Dugmore is joined by the ...Show More
8) Angela Rayner vs. Wes Streeting: has the next leadership race begun?
Four senior Labour politicians are on manoeuvres. Ailbhe Rea reveals who's in the running to replace Keir Starmer.-- Keir Starmer has become desperately unpopular. All eyes now are looking towards the...Show More
9) Whose party is it anyway?
After months of deliberation it’s been decided, it’s not our party, it’s not their party, it’s Your Party.This weekend, thousands of the new left party’s delegates flooded into a conference centre in ...Show More
10) Our justice system is leaking from the sides
In the past three weeks, 12 prisoners have been accidentally released - Justice Secretary David Lammy announced this morning. This is in addition to the 91 who’ve also been mistakenly freed in En...Show More