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  • Is Morgan McSweeney too powerful?

    Is Morgan McSweeney too powerful?
    Feb 14 2025
    A new book has caused waves by suggesting Morgan McSweeney wields more power than Keir Starmer. Is he freakishly influential as a behind the scenes figure? If so what does this tell us about Starmer? Or do all prime ministers depend on their chosen allies, advisers and gurus from Marcia Williams to Dominic Cummings?

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    40 min
  • Are politicians catastrophically at odds with voters?

    Are politicians catastrophically at odds with voters?
    Feb 12 2025
    With President Trump casting aside political norms and Labour promising "disruption" this week's episode considers the roots of disaffection and whether a radical upheaval is on the way. The team start out assessing recent resignations but it quickly becomes a discussion about political revolutions. They get so carried away that they never get to the promised section on Kemi Badenoch’s troubled first 100 days as Tory leader. It will have to wait for another time.

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    52 min
  • Fifty Years of Thatcher: What is her legacy?

    Fifty Years of Thatcher: What is her legacy?
    Feb 10 2025

    We begin episode three with the fall of Margaret Thatcher approaching. What triggered her removal in November 1990? Had she lost the plot? Or was it really about Tory tensions over European policy? After explaining the fall, our team discuss Thatcher’s extraordinary and enduring impact on politics ever since. Why do leaders of left and right still invoke her memory and image? Was she one of the great national leaders as her supporters claim, or a malign influence as her detractors would have it? Or is the truth more complicated and the picture nuanced? In episode one in this three part series we charted the rise of Thatcher and in episode two the Not Another One team assessed her record in power.




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    38 min
  • Fifty years of Thatcher: What did she do with power?

    Fifty years of Thatcher: What did she do with power?
    Feb 7 2025
    We begin episode two after the 1979 election when Margaret Thatcher became prime minister. Was she a radical with a pragmatic streak? What was the nature of the sweeping changes that she brought about? We focus on early monetarism and its consequences, the lifting of exchange controls, the sale of council homes, privatisation, the miners’ strike, the poll tax, and much more. Episode one began with her election as leader 50 years ago this month. The final episode will analyse her fall, the legacy and the continuing impact of her time in office.

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    51 min
  • Can Starmer get close to Trump and the EU?

    Can Starmer get close to Trump and the EU?
    Feb 5 2025
    Are Starmer’s attempts to ‘reset’ the UK’s Brexit deal compatible with his desire to form close relations with Trump? If not which of the two will he choose? And what is Trump up to in imposing or threatening tarrifs?

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    49 min
  • Fifty years of Thatcher: how did she win?

    Fifty years of Thatcher: how did she win?
    Jan 31 2025

    On 11 February 1975 Margaret Thatcher became Conservative leader. No one knew then how dominant she would become, to the point that even Keir Starmer was citing her this week as a model change maker. In the first of a three part special we examine - from our different perspectives - the impact of Thatcher on the country and her party. We explore Thatcher as leader of the opposition. Was she a radical on the right from the beginning? How did she manage her party and develop policies? How did she present herself? Was her victory inevitable in 1979?


    Parts 2 and 3 to follow over the next week.


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    41 min
  • Can Rachel Reeves boost economic growth?

    Can Rachel Reeves boost economic growth?
    Jan 29 2025
    The Chancellor is giving the go ahead to airport expansion, promising lighter regulation and making other announcements in an attempt to revive the economy. Will her proposals make a significant difference and how long before they take effect, if she can navigate the political and legal hurdles? And is her message credible after all the doom and gloom since the general election?

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    47 min
  • Is Kemi Badenoch failing as leader of the opposition?

    Is Kemi Badenoch failing as leader of the opposition?
    Jan 24 2025
    The new leader of the Conservative party has faced considerable criticism at Westminster and beyond. Is she going to be able to weather the storm? Will Nigel Farage’s Reform destroy her leadership on the launch pad or should the Tories be patient and give her time? Our team discuss Badenoch’s prospects and the implications for British politics.

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    41 min