Episodes

  • Reflections on a whirlwind year, and predictions for 2025

    Reflections on a whirlwind year, and predictions for 2025
    Dec 20 2024
    For a bonus episode to round off the year, Tom, Robert and Anushka offer their reflections on how 2024 will be remembered, how our politics has changed this year, and what might be to come in 2025.

    Talking Politics will be back in January - until then, enjoy the Christmas break and have a happy New Year!
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    30 mins
  • Starmer's 'honesty problem': Unforced error, or long-term strategy?

    Starmer's 'honesty problem': Unforced error, or long-term strategy?
    Dec 18 2024
    Sir Keir Starmer has once again generated unfavourable headlines, by appearing to change his mind on whether women who were not told their pension age was increasing should be entitled to compensation. Was it poor planning in opposition, or is there a deliberate strategy behind all the bad news? Tom Bradby is joined by Robert Peston and Anushka Asthana to discuss.

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    28 mins
  • Can Starmer find a solution to Reform's surge in the polls? And will the UK show leadership in Syria?

    Can Starmer find a solution to Reform's surge in the polls? And will the UK show leadership in Syria?
    Dec 11 2024
    Tom Bradby is joined by Robert Peston and Anushka Asthana as they discuss the week's big political topics including Assad's fall in Syria, Reform UK's new self-confessed billionaire donor, and whether Labour could ever consider rejoining the EU as a solution for immigration.
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    33 mins
  • Could Elon Musk really give Nigel Farage's Reform UK $100 million?

    Could Elon Musk really give Nigel Farage's Reform UK $100 million?
    Dec 4 2024
    Tom Bradby is joined by Robert Peston and Anushka Asthana as they discuss all the week's big political topics, including the rumours that Elon Musk is planning to donate $100million to Nigel Farage's Reform UK party, and what we do and don't know of the 'further information' which led to the former transport secretary Louise Hague's reisgnation.
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    29 mins
  • Will MPs vote for assisted dying? And how much longer can Labour keep blaming things on the Tories?

    Will MPs vote for assisted dying? And how much longer can Labour keep blaming things on the Tories?
    Nov 27 2024
    Tom Bradby is joined by Robert Peston and Romilly Weeks as they discuss all the week's big political topics, including the impending vote on assisted dying, whether Keir Starmer has become comfortable being boring - and should the UK be worried by Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs?
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    37 mins
  • Fears of World War Three, the farming fallout and this week's 'not quite' PMQs

    Fears of World War Three, the farming fallout and this week's 'not quite' PMQs
    Nov 20 2024
    Tom, Anushka and Harry dissect this week's 'not quite' PMQs. They discuss the world's security situation and whether the UK could follow Trump-style politics.

    Plus, how damaging could the farming fallout be for the government?

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    32 mins
  • 'The most pathetic PMQs' - and is Starmer vulnerable to what brought down the Democrats?

    'The most pathetic PMQs' - and is Starmer vulnerable to what brought down the Democrats?
    Nov 13 2024
    Tom, Robert and Anushka dissect a PMQs they describe as 'pathetic' and 'embarrassing', and ask whether Starmer is at risk of losing the 'economic argument' in the same way Joe Biden and the Democrats appear to have done in the United States. They also discuss the challenges of the Assisted Dying Bill, and Starmer's recent trip to the COP29 climate summit.

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    34 mins
  • Kemi vs Keir: Should the PM apologise for earlier comments on Trump?

    Kemi vs Keir: Should the PM apologise for earlier comments on Trump?
    Nov 6 2024
    Is another Trump presidency Keir Starmer's worst nightmare, or has the PM built enough bridges to shore up the 'special relationship'?

    Plus, it was Kemi Badenoch's first time at Prime Minister's Questions...So how did the new Conservative leader fare? Geraint Vincent is joined by Carl Dinnen and Shehab Khan for this week's episode of Talking Politics.
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    28 mins