Politics Weekly
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Political analysis from the Guardian and Observer's top journalists and commentators
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Politics Weekly podcast: Jeremy Hunt, U-turns and the republican's guide to the jubilee | Nick Cohen, Jonathan Freedland and Martin Kettle discuss Jeremy Hunt's appearance at the Leveson inquiry, the latest policy U-turns and the enduring appeal of Queen Elizabeth II | 6/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Ed Miliband and an EU referendum | Nick Cohen, Gaby Hinsliff, Simon Hoggart and Zoe Williams join host Tom Clark to discuss the Labour leader's growing popularity, the case for an EU referendum and the controversial Beecroft report on employment rights | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Greece nears euro exit and disability benefits cut | Heather Stewart, Max Wind-Cowie and Randeep Ramesh discuss the prospects for the European economy if Greece leaves the euro; plus how the government plans to cut more than £2bn from disability benefits | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Europe's voters' verdict on austerity | Rafael Behr, Angelique Chrisafis, Aditya Chakrabortty and Martin Kettle join Tom Clark to discuss European elections; the UK government's latest relaunch; and the Queen's speech | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Local elections 2012 | Our panel of experts around the country analyse the results from an election day that returned Boris Johnson to City Hall in London and saw Labour make huge gains in England, Scotland and Wales | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Jeremy Hunt clings to office amid allegations of improper conduct | Polly Toynbee, Michael White and Seumas Milne discuss the latest revelations from the Leveson inquiry into media ethics which have embroiled Jeremy Hunt. Plus: the economy 'double dips' and all the news from the French presidential election | 4/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Labour's poll lead, London and the French election | Martin Kettle, Hélène Mulholland and Michael White join Tom Clark to discuss Labour's 11-point poll lead, London's mayoral election and the French presidential election | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: George Galloway and the government's worst week | A shock win for George Galloway in the Bradford West byelection rounded off an unusual week in politics. Simon Jenkins, Polly Toynbee and Toby Helm join Tom Clark to make sense of it all | 3/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: who should run our schools? | Andrew Adonis, Fiona Millar and Jessica Shepherd join Jeevan Vasagar at an discussion at the Guardian Open Weekend festival with a live audience | 3/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Budget 2012 | Polly Toynbee, Aditya Chakrabortty, Phillip Inman and Richard Murphy join Tom Clark to discuss this year's Budget | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly: Cameron in the US and the London mayoral election | Iain Dale, Dave Hill, Siobhan Benita and Nicholas Watt discuss David Cameron's trip to the White House and the race for the London mayoralty ahead of voting in May. Plus: what makes a bestselling political memoir? | 3/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: middle class taxes and Super Tuesday | Simon Jenkins, Jonathan Freedland and Heather Stewart discuss child benefit, plus why moderate Republicans are a dying breed | 3/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Trouble in store for coalition over NHS and Lords | Michael White, Evan Harris and Meg Russell discuss the government's plan to reform the House of Lords. Plus: Ewen MacAskill in Washington previews "Super Tuesday" | 3/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly: work experience, unemployment and 'job snobs' | Shiv Malik, Zoe Williams and Matthew Oakley discuss the government's schemes to compel unemployed people to complete work experience schemes or face a cut in welfare payments. Plus we look ahead to next month's budget announcements | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly: Abu Qatada, Rick Santorum and religion in politics | Giles Fraser, Nick Cohen and Hadley Freeman discuss the Abu Qatada row; the surge in support for Republican candidate Rick Santorum and the role of religion in politics | 2/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: the future of the NHS | Polly Toynbee, Stephen Thornton and Randeep Ramesh discuss the implications of the government's bill to reform the National Health Service - and the political costs involved | 2/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly Extra podcast: Chris Huhne resigns | Michael White and Fiona Harvey discuss the implications of the resignation of the energy and climate change secretary after he was charged with perverting the course of justice | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: banker bashing; Europe; and the French election | Angelique Chrisafis, Martin Kettle and Rafael Behr discuss the political attack on bankers; the new EU deal in Brussels; and the French presidential elections | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: welfare reform, Newt Gingrich and Boris Johnson | Michael White, Jackie Ashley and Randeep Ramesh discuss welfare reforms; Boris v Ken in London; and the Republican primaries in the US | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Labour's economic alternative | Seumas Milne, Rowenna Davis and Hopi Sen discuss Labour's shift in economic policy and how the party can remain true to its mission for social justice in austere times | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: David Cameron v Alex Salmond | Polly Toynbee, Martin Kettle and the SNP's chief whip Stewart Hosie discuss the plans for a referendum on Scottish independence; welfare reform; and the portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in new film The Iron Lady | 1/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Romney's narrow win in Iowa | Jonathan Freedland, Martin Kettle and Suzanne Goldenberg join Tom Clark to discuss the race for the Republican presidential nomination | 1/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Clegg and Cameron split on euro veto | Gaby Hinsliff, Heather Stewart and Zoe Williams discuss the splits in the coalition following David Cameron's EU veto | 12/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: UK isolated as Cameron says no to EU | Martin Kettle, Nick Watt and Nils Pratley discuss Britain's isolation in Europe after David Cameron vetoed the latest deal aimed at saving the euro | 12/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: David Cameron's European crunch time | Michael White, Robin Harris and Randeep Ramesh discuss David Cameron's attempts to fend off attacks from all sides as he heads to Brussels to negotiate with EU leaders on a way out of the financial crisis | 12/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Michael White's political year | Michael White looks back on a momentous year and hears from MPs on their abiding political memories of 2011 | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Guardian Focus podcast: public sector strike | Unite's Rachael Maskell, Matthew Sinclair of the Taxpayers Alliance and Tom Clark discuss this week's public sector strike over the reform of pensions. With Hugh Muir | 12/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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George Osborne's autumn statement - podcast | Larry Elliott and Jackie Ashley join Tom Clark and Aditya Chakrabortty for a review of George Osborne's autumn statement on the British economy | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: the limits of democracy | David Runciman, Allegra Stratton and Anne Perkins discuss the rise of the European technocrats; Ed Miliband's economic policies; and the thorny problem of party funding | 11/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Europe, women and e-petitions | Zoe Williams, Michael White and Anne Perkins discuss the declining appeal of the Conservatives to women; plus the future of the EU and the effectiveness of e-petitions | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: immigration, Theresa May and the Republican party | Jonathan Freedland, Michael White and Sam Leith discuss the immigration row embroiling Theresa May and look at the Republican candidates for next year's US presidential election | 11/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Greece, the G20 and Occupy London | Madeleine Bunting, Nils Pratley and Michael White discuss the chaos surrounding the Greek bailout, the G20 summit and the impact of the Occupy London protests | 11/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Europe, the euro and a Tory backbench rebellion | Martin Kettle, Rafael Behr and Anne Perkins discuss the EU's plan to save euro; plus Philip Cowley explains why Europe spells trouble for the Tories after Monday's huge backbench rebellion | 10/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Gaddafi, inflation and the EU referendum vote | Nick Cohen and Seumas Milne on Britain's intervention in Libya; Larry Elliott on the politics of inflation; and Chris Mullin on his latest volume of political diaries | 10/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Liam Fox clings to office | The panel discuss the strange case of defence secretary Liam Fox and his unofficial adviser; the progress of the health bill in the Lords; and the prospect of a referendum on Scottish independence | 10/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Should party conferences be abolished? | Martin Kettle, Simon Lancaster and Polly Toynbee discuss the health of the traditional party conferences | 10/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael White's Conservative conference podcast: David Cameron calls for national optimism | On the final day of the Conservative party conference, Michael White reviews the prime minister's speech. Plus: Ken Clarke compares the prime minister's performance with former Tory leaders; and Andrew Sparrow explains what we've learned from the week in | 10/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Business podcast at Conservative conference 2011: George Osborne goes for growth | Jonathan Freedland, Mike Cherry of the Federation of Small Businesses and Tim Leunig of Centre Forum discuss the chancellor's plans to get money flowing to small businesses, announced in his speech to Conservative party conference | 10/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael White's conference podcast: David Cameron's trouble with women | After apologising in a pre-conference interview for causing offence to women in off-hand remarks in the Commons chamber, Michael White asks if David Cameron risks losing female voters | 10/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Ed Miliband's big idea for Labour | Labour's Ed Miliband says Britain is in the midst of a "quiet crisis". Our commentators Julian Glover, Anne Perkins and Toby Helm assess the solutions he offered at his party's conference in Liverpool this week | 9/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simon Hoggart's conference podcast: Ed Miliband's bargain for Britain | Labour's leader Ed Miliband called for a "new bargain" with the people of Britain that should apply across society. Simon Hoggart hears how it was received at the party's conference in Liverpool | 9/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael White's conference podcast: Labour's quest for renewal | Michael White hears from delegates, MPs, pollsters and candidates on the task ahead for the Labour party as its annual conference gets underway in Liverpool | 9/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Liberal Democrat conference | Tom Clark and guests Nick Cohen, Anne Perkins and Michael White assess Nick Clegg's conference week and look ahead to the challenges facing Ed Miliband at next week's Labour gathering in Liverpool | 9/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael White's conference podcast: Nick Clegg trumpets 'liberal achievements from a liberal party' | The leader of the Liberal Democrats went on the offensive against critics who argue the party has gained little from going into government with the Conservatives. Plus we hear from Vince Cable, Shirley Williams and Tom McNally | 9/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael White's conference podcast: Lib Dems search for reasons to be cheerful | Vince Cable called for greater economic stimulus measures and a reduction in inequality of incomes in a gloomy speech to the Lib Dem conference. But despite this, and their terrible poll ratings, delegates in Birmingham are surprisingly upbeat | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly: boundary changes and conferences preview – audio | Should MPs fear constituency boundary changes? Tom Clark debates the pros and cons with the panel, plus a preview of the three major party conferences | 9/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: What do the rich owe society? | Recent economic turmoil has led to higher taxes and slashed budgets. The government introduced an extra rate of tax on the richest 1% of the population, but some economists claim it is discouraging growth. Anne Perkins examines the arguments from all side | 9/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Euroscepticism | As the euro faces an existential crisis, Anne Perkins discusses the future of European political union with prominent Eurosceptics and commentators | 8/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Economies in crisis | Britain's economy is struggling, the Eurozone is lurching from one crisis to the next and the US is threatened with a credit rating downgrade. Julian Glover, Larry Elliott and Nick Pearce discuss how policymakers should react | 7/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Spotlight on Cameron as Murdoch eats humble pie | David Cameron cut short a trip to Africa to face MPs in a parliamentary debate about the developments in the phone-hacking scandal following the appearance of Rupert Murdoch at a parliamentary committee. Julian Glover, John Harris and Martin Kettle join J | 7/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Politicians turn on Rupert Murdoch | After courting his support for decades, this was the week that politicians of all stripes finally rounded on Rupert Murdoch and his media empire. But what will be the result? Michael White, James Macintyre and Anne Perkins discuss another frantic week in | 7/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: MPs demand action over News of the World hacking scandal | Public outrage over the tabloid phone hacking scandal has led to debates about media ownership, the judgment of the prime minister and the integrity of the police. Julian Glover, Toby Helm and Anne Perkins discuss the implications | 7/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Public sector workers strike over pensions | As public sector workers go one strike over changes to their pensions, which they say mean a longer working life and a poorer retirement, Libby Brooks, Nick Cohen and Michael White discuss the politics of the row | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: David Cameron's law and order u-turn | David Cameron announces a policy reversal, vowing to lock more people up for longer. Our panel of columnists and experts assesses how liberal the coalition really is | 6/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Has the welfare fightback begun? | Ed Miliband takes on David Cameron over benefit cuts. And could NHS chaos give rise to catastrophe for the coalition? | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Vince Cable's union warning and will the coalition U-turn on the economy? | The business secretary was booed when he warned trade unions against mass strikes, and after government U-turns on health and sentencing policy, could the economy be next? | 6/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: The end for progressive realignment? | David Marquand joins Tom Clark, Michael White and Anne Perkins to discuss the prospect of a broad-based realignment in British politics | 6/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Barack Obama's UK visit; and parliament v the courts | Barack Obama jets in to sprinkle some stardust on Westminster; and a privacy row pits the courts against parliament. With Martin Kettle, Polly Toynbee, Anne Perkins and host Tom Clark | 5/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Ken Clarke, Lords reform and political journalism | The justice secretary's comments on rape led to calls for his resignation. But has the pace of modern political reporting led to a rush to judgment? Plus: Nick Clegg and reform of the House of Lords | 5/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Coalition 2.0 | As the coalition moves into its second year, Guardian columnists debate the impact of last week's elections on the relationship between the two parties. Plus, we look at policing; NHS reform; and Afghanistan | 5/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: AV rejected and a landslide for the SNP | Britain rejects the AV system as nationalists secure Holyrood's first ever majority and the Lib Dems come off worst in local and devolved elections. Analysis and commentary from our experts around the UK | 5/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Regional elections and the AV referendum | Julian Glover, Anne Perkins, Antony Green and Mike Smithson discuss next week's local elections. Plus: an Australian angle on the AV campaign and a political take on the royal wedding | 4/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Polls show SNP heading for victory in Scotland | We look at the elections in Scotland; the latest on the AV campaign; and a curious political idea from Hungary | 4/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Coalition faultlines, immigration and happiness | Seumas Milne, Anne Perkins, Rafael Behr and Angelique Chrisafis discuss splits in the coalition, the Islamic veil ban in France and the political concept of happiness | 4/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Guardian Focus podcast: The AV referendum | Michael White talks to MPs, voters, campaigners and experts prior to the referendum on the alternative vote system on 5 May | 4/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Europe's financial crisis and a shift to the right | As Portugal's socialist government falls, a trend is emerging of centre-right parties replacing social democrats in office across Europe. Michael White, David Hearst and Stephen Tindale debate the political effects of a European financial crisis | 4/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Ed Miliband's speech to the anti-cuts rally | Jonathan Freedland, Jackie Ashley and Julian Glover join Anne Perkins to discuss Ed Miliband's address to the TUC anti-cuts rally, Michael Gove's education policy u-turns and whether marriage makes politicians more electable | 3/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Budget 2011 podcast: George Osborne goes for growth | Larry Elliott, Martin Kettle, Polly Toynbee and Tom Clark discuss the budget announcement from chancellor George Osborne | 3/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: The future of the NHS | Evan Harris and Madeleine Bunting join Tom Clark and Anne Perkins to discuss the government's NHS reforms; an interview with health minister Simon Burns; plus the best prime ministers the country never had | 3/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly: Liberal interventionism and British foreign policy | Mark Malloch-Brown, Simon Jenkins and Ian Black discuss the British response to events in the Middle East and ponder the future of the doctrine of liberal interventionism | 3/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: The 'squeezed middle', referendums and the green agenda | Caroline Lucas MP, Martin Kettle and Michael White join Tom Clark to discuss the state of the government's green agenda | 3/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Ireland's election; and the value of opinion polls | Peter Kellner, Martin Kettle and Henry McDonald discuss Friday's Irish election and the rest of the week's political news | 2/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Guardian Focus podcast: Ireland's general election | Henry McDonald hears from candidates, businesspeople, voters and journalists prior to Ireland's most fascinating election for years | 2/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Cameron takes on the judiciary | Tom Clark, Michael White and Anne Perkins discuss the week in politics | 2/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Lib Dem revolt and 'muscular liberalism' | Jackie Ashley, Olly Grender and Hugh Muir discuss the week in politics | 2/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Egypt, crime maps and ancient forests | Can the British government offer the people of Egypt anything more than platitudes? Plus: online crime maps; and the plans to sell off ancient forests. With Rafael Behr, Michael White and Martin Woollacott | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: The economy, control orders and Barack Obama's 'Sputnik moment' | In this week's audio programme: with economic growth negative once more, what will Labour's new shadow chancellor add to the debate on the nation's finances? Plus the reform of anti-terrorism laws and Barack Obama's state of the union speech | 1/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Trouble in the House of Lords; and NHS reforms | Tempers are running high in the House of Lords as Labour peers attempt to block plans to redraw constituency boundaries and hold a referendum on the voting system. And things are no less heated in the Commons, where the bill to reform the NHS got its firs | 1/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: The Oldham East and Saddleworth byelection and bankers' bonuses | Jackie Ashley, Martin Kettle and Martin Wainwright discuss a busy week in politics as Labour win the first electoral battle of the new year | 1/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: The Oldham East and Saddleworth byelection and control orders | Rafael Behr, Natalie Hanman, Hugh Muir and Michael White discuss the big political stories of the week and pick their people to watch in 2011 | 1/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly: 2010 in review | Jackie Ashley, Rafael Behr, Michael White and Julian Glover discuss a tumultuous year in British politics and look ahead to 2011 | 12/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly: Tuition fees and the Liberal Democrats | The government won a tight vote on raising university tuition fees as a split Lib Dem party was forced to backtrack on a key election pledge. Our expert panel discusses the political fallout | 12/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly: Secrets and leaks | Jonathan Powell and Heather Brooke discuss WikiLeaks and how governments keep secrets in a digital age | 12/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly: Students walk out as education gets a shake-up | Michael Gove's reform package for schools was overshadowed by more protests against tuition fee rises. Jonathan Freedland, Julian Astle and Rafael Behr discuss the week in politics | 11/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: The politics of happiness ... and royal weddings | Should government measure national happiness? And what effect will a royal wedding have on a population buffeted by economic anxieties? Seumas Milne, Madeleine Bunting and Mark Williamson discuss | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly: Student protests and the Big Society | Conservative MP Jesse Norman joins Guardian columnists Julian Glover and Polly Toynbee to discuss the week's political news | 11/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: A Tea Party-style rebellion for Britain? | Will the 'squeezed middle' in the UK rise up against the coalition? Allegra Stratton and guests look into the crystal ball. And how will the government resolve the forthcoming 'car crash' on control orders? | 11/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly podcast: Housing benefit and the 'Highland clearance' of London | Will the coalition adhere to its plans to cut housing benefit - potentially displacing hundreds of thousands of poorer people? | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast special: comprehensive spending review 2010 | Our team of experts discusses the winners and losers in the government's comprehensive spending review | 10/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly: Lib Dem meltdown over tuition fees | We look at Nick Clegg's struggle to keep his party together over tuition fees, Ed Miliband's debut as Labour leader at PMQs, and the handbag-shaped shadow hovering over the coalition, as Margaret Thatcher turns 85 | 10/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly: What's in a speech? | Hours of preparation go into a keynote speech at a party conference, but who listens? And what do they hear? Anne Perkins, Nick Cohen and Michael White round up the week in politics | 10/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael White's Conference Daily: 'We are the radicals,' Cameron tells Tories | After an uexpectedly difficult party conference, David Cameron roused the party faithful with a barnstorming speech. Michael White presents our final conference podcast from Birmingham | 10/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael White's Conference Daily: Law and order; crime and the Conservatives | Justice secretary Kenneth Clarke vowed to introduce a pragmatic reform of the penal system, as Theresa May announced new powers for police accountability. So where do the Tories stand on law and order? Michael White reports | 10/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael White's Conference Daily: George Osborne scraps child benefit for higher earners | The chancellor promised the largest overhaul in the welfare state "since Beveridge". We hear reaction from delegates and union officials at the Conservative conference in Birmingham | 10/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly: The triumph of youth | As Ed Miliband takes over as leader of the opposition, we discuss the importance of age in politics and look back at a dramatic week for Labour. Plus Nick Boles on why the Tories should consider an electoral pact with the Lib Dems | 9/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael White's Conference Daily: Miliband calls for 'new generation' to inspire Labour | Labour leader Ed Miliband told his party conference that his party needed to accept blame for losing the trust of the British people and embrace the optimism of a "new generation" in politics | 9/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael White's Conference Daily: Alistair Darling tells Labour to remain 'credible' on cuts | Outgoing shadow chancellor Alistair Darling has warned his party against abandoning a 'balanced approach' on deficit reduction, and delegates show their support for defeated David Miliband | 9/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael White's Conference Daily: Labour party rallies around new leader Ed Miliband | Labour delegates are in buoyant mood at their annual conference in Manchester following the election of their new leader Ed Miliband. Michael White hears from MPs and delegates | 9/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Politics Weekly: Vince Cable steals Lib Dem show as Labour prepares for new era | Vince Cable was the star of the Liberal Democrats' conference in Liverpool - but all eyes will be on the Milibands in Manchester as Labour announces its new leader. Polly Toynbee, Michael White and Seumas Milne round up a busy week in politics | 9/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael White's Conference Daily: Vince Cable attacks 'City spivs' | On the final day of the Liberal Democrats' conference, business secretary Vince Cable used his speech to attack the 'murky' world of finance | 9/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 100 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Excellent multi-view analysis by grown ups
Center left with Julian providing the Conservative party slant. Great way to keep up with UK politics.
Best poli podcast on the web
The other reviewer is a nut -- it doesn't get better than this Guardian podcast. Political "slant" is left-center of course. Eminently bright & witty conversation to be had here.
[8/25/11 addendum: "Let's all pencil in a 30-day vacation for August! That's certain to be a slow news month."]
Conservative Flak
This podcast seems to be an extension of the Conservative Party perspective. It is not balanced, so the listener should have the expectation of such bias. There may be better sources for fair-minded discussion of the issues, especially as relating to the PM. Not all that Labour does is bad - in fact, Labour has done some great things that have made the UK one of the best places to live.
