Party Games Podcast
1) Easy Sleazy
Dominic Cummings turns on Boris Johnson, questioning his integrity and competence. Why did Downing Street blame him for leaking if they couldn’t prove it? And will the sleaze claims do any damage to t...Show More
2) When One Door Closes...
Supply chain finance — it’s a bit like a posh version of shamed payday lender Wonga. How did former Prime Minister David Cameron end up phoning around the Cabinet asking favours for a struggling finan...Show More
3) Capital Pity
London prepares to choose its next Mayor. Who will almost certainly be the last one. Sadiq Khan is one of a ludicrous 20 candidates standing on May 6th — we explore some of the more ludicrous, and Lon...Show More
4) Coronavirus - 12 months on lockdown
A year after Britons were first told to stay at home, the vaccine roll-out offers us an escape route from our third lockdown. But, after 12 months of mis-steps and failings, how much praise does the g...Show More
5) To Protect and Serve
As the Met Police Commissioner insists she won’t resign over her officers’ heavy-handed treatment of women at a vigil for a murder victim, MPs debate whether to give police tougher powers to restrict ...Show More
6) Honest Rishi’s budget bag of tricks
Rishi Sunak says he’s only being honest, as he raises taxes on businesses and individuals — but is he? Or is he being just the tiniest bit sneaky when he increases your income tax bill but not the rat...Show More
7) Gaslight
Matt Hancock, called out by the courts, responds by saying it doesn’t matter that his department broke the law, and then goes on to rewrite history by insisting there never was a chronic shortage of P...Show More
8) The irreversible reversal
Boris Johnson maps out a 4-month route out of coronavirus restrictions, but can he pull this off without thousands more deaths? The Prime Minister says we’ll have to get used to living with Covid, aft...Show More
9) Friend Request
Why should you care about a fight on the other side of the world between facebook and the Australian government? Because if facebook can cut access to the news from millions of Australians, they can d...Show More
10) The Fakest News
What links America’s fake news, China’s state-controlled propaganda, and the future of Britain’s traditionally impartial TV and radio news? How the appointment of a new boss for the UK’s media regulat...Show More