Threats to withdraw funding from rebel MPs’ constituencies, a potential peerage for Paterson and the PM refuses to come clean on lavish getaways. It’s just another week for a government rotten to the core.
Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar explore the embarrassing U-turn performed by Boris Johnson over the Owen Paterson scandal and the resignation of the Tory MP at the centre of it all.
Tory MP Owen Paterson was found to have breached MP lobbying rules by an independent standards committee. The Tory response: abolish the committee and replace it with a new one.
Leaders and diplomats from 197 countries have descended on Glasgow for a conference billed as the “last chance” to save the planet. Michael Walker is joined by Simon Lewis to explain everything you need to know about COP26.
Facebook is now Meta, and Mark Zuckerberg says our future is in the Metaverse. Is virtual reality the future of the internet, or Zuckerberg’s latest gimmick? With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Rishi Sunak’s budget may have come with some big spending pledges, but it’s nowhere near enough to undo a decade of austerity.
Rishi Sunak will this week deliver a budget and spending review that will shape how Britain rebuilds following Covid-19. We speak to former shadow chancellor John McDonnell about what he thinks should be in it.
Trials have shown booster shots to be incredibly effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19. Will it be enough to get us through winter without new restrictions?
#TyskySour returns this evening with Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.
The death of David Amess has renewed debates about the safety of MPs, social media anonymity, online radicalisation & civility in politics. Where are changes needed, and where is the media missing the point?
An official report has judged the UK’s delayed lockdown to be Britain’s worst ever public health failure. Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial breakdown the key findings.
In a bid to get Britons back into the office, cabinet ministers have alleged that civil servants working remotely hindered the fight against the Taliban. What will be next in the Tory war on working from home?
After energy shortages, benefits cuts, and a tax hike on national insurance, the public have turned against the Tories on the economy. How long will Johnson’s post-conference hangover last?
Boris Johnson’s pun-filled conference speech promised to “level up” the country, but on the day that millions are hit by a cruel cut to universal credit, his pitch to workers is a sick joke.
At Tory party conference Boris Johnson is promising higher wages in a post-brexit Britain. How seriously should we take the pledge?
#TyskySour returns on Friday with Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial break down Keir Starmer’s conference speech.
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