Rishi Sunak’s First PMQs Against Keir Starmer, Fracking Ban to Remain
Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial discuss how Sunak fared in his first PMQs against Starmer.
Rishi Sunak Becomes PM, Suella Braverman Back As Home Secretary
Rishi Sunak has made his first speech as prime minister and picked his cabinet. What have we learned about how he’ll govern? Michael Walker and Owen Jones discuss.
Rishi Sunak Will Be the Next PM, Boris Johnson Crashes and Burns
Does a Rishi Sunak premiership mean we are about to be hit by austerity 2.0 from an unelected technocrat?
How Private Water Companies Are Killing Britain’s Rivers
Last year in Britain raw sewage was pumped into rivers and coasts 375,000 times. Not a SINGLE river in England has a clean bill of health. Aaron Bastani explains how private water companies are killing the country’s waterways – and why water bosses should face jail time.
Boris Johnson Plots His Comeback, Britons Want a General Election Now
Boris Johnson is plotting his return to Downing Street. Could it really happen?
Liz Truss Finally Resigns As Prime Minister
Liz Truss has resigned as as prime minister. Who will be the next Tory leader to move into Downing Street? With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani.
Braverman Out As Home Secretary, Tory Party Descends Into Chaos
The Tory party descends into chaos amid a Commons vote on fracking and Suella Braverman resigns as home secretary
Jeremy Hunt Reverses Liz Truss & Kwasi Kwarteng’s Mini-Budget
Jeremy Hunt has overseen a decisive U-turn on the Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget. How long can Truss last as prime minister?
Food Culture Is Making Us Anxious. Ash Meets Ruby Tandoh
Eating is supposed to be fun, so why has food culture become so difficult to navigate without feeling anxious? Ash Sarkar meets food writer Ruby Tandoh, former Great British Bake-Off contestant and author of Cook As You Are.
Liz Truss Sacks Kwasi Kwarteng & Appoints Jeremy Hunt As New Chancellor
Kwasi Kwarteng has become the second shortest serving chancellor in Britain’s history. Is Liz Truss about to become the shortest serving prime minister? Plus: Just Stop Oil throw a can of soup at a Van Gogh painting; the shady right-wing think-tanks who broke Britain. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Truss & Bailey Spark More Economic Chaos, WHO Gives Long-Covid Warning
As the Bank of England’s mixed messages have spooked the markets, Liz Truss’s contradictory statements in parliament have spooked just about everyone. We speak to James Meadway to make sense of the chaos.
Nicola Sturgeon’s Conference Speech, Putin Retaliates to Bridge Bomb
Nicola Sturgeon has trashed the Tories and re-affirmed her commitment to a second independence referendum.
The Plan Is to Make You Permanently Poorer | Aaron Meets Gary Stevenson
In 2011, while working as a City trader, Gary Stevenson joined the ultra rich with a single bonus cheque. Not long after he was named one of Citibank’s highest performing traders worldwide. Stevenson made millions for his employer by betting on one thing: that the British and American economies would fail to recover from the […]
Liz Truss’s Energy Faceplant, Joe Biden Lightyears Ahead of UK on Marijuana
With the National Grid warning of energy shortages this winter, Liz Truss is refusing to act. Will Tory libertarianism lead to black-outs?
Truss’s Conference Speech Heckled by Greenpeace, Update on Chris Kaba Killing
Aaron Bastani and Dalia Gebrial discuss Liz Truss’s first conference speech as Prime Minister. Plus: Suella Braverman praises the British empire and dreams of deportations; Rees-Mogg’s fusion fantasies & the latest on the Chris Kaba killing.
Kwarteng Performs Screeching U-turn, Lula Faces Bolsonaro in Brazil
After a mini-budget that spooked the markets and outraged the public, Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng have been forced into a humiliating U-turn. Are the wheels already coming off their government? Plus: Joana Ramiro reports from Sao Paulo on the Brazilian presidential election. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Conservative Party in Freefall, Putin’s Illegal Annexation, Labour Files Episode Three
Liz Truss’s premiership has set the Tories into freefall, but how much damage can the Conservatives do before we get the chance to kick them out?
Can Lula Take Brazil Back From Bolsonaro? Aaron Meets Sabrina Fernandes
On 2nd October, Brazil will be faced with a stark choice. The incumbent president, Jair Bolsonaro, has overseen economic calamity and nearly 700,000 Covid deaths in his first term. His challenger, Lula Da Silva, is hoping to regain the presidency – just three years since being freed from prison. To discuss the state of Brazilian […]