Six months underwater in a submarine
A British nuclear-armed submarine returned home recently after six months submerged, with no fresh air. Its mission is deterrence, with the threat of the worst possible repercussions.
Guest: Josh Glancy, associate editor of The Sunday Times, went aboard the sub when it returned.
Producer: Ann Ar…
Has Britain become ungovernable?
With Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership on the brink, the revolving door of Number 10 feels like it has never been more pronounced. But is this true? Why is Britain burning through leaders at record speed? And has the country become fundamentally ungovernable?
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Is Social Media The New Smoking?
Medical leaders have compared social media to tobacco as pressure grows on Keir Starmer to change his mind and back a ban for under-16s. Will political pressure force another u-turn?
Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day with Charlotte Ivers and Josh Glancy
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More questions raised about Farage's friendships
Andy Burnham has set out some of his plans for Government - but what will they actually look like in practice? Deputy leader of the Labour Party, Lucy Powell joins Trevor to shed some light on this.
And more questions about Nigel Farage’s finances after reports about his friendship with George Cot…
Is That It, Burnham?
Andy Burnham's first week in Downing Street has been full of promises - from tax cuts, to public services - but it's left Kemi Badenoch asking, "Is that it?" as she calls on him to be more ambitious.
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Josh Glancy and Sarah Ditum.
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Can Burnham learn from Starmer's mistakes?
Sir Keir Starmer is out. Andy Burnham is in. And after just days in Downing Street, the new prime minister has torn up his predecessor's playbook — swapping warnings of a hard inheritance for a blitz of cost of living giveaways. Is this smart repositioning after Starmer's early missteps, or a sugar…
Badenoch's Double Standard?
Kemi Badenoch defended the Conservative Party's decision to select a former neo-Nazi as a council candidate in Somerset. But after banishing Tory 'wets' like former minister Grant Shapps - is this a double standard?
Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day with Josh Glancy and Sonia Sodha.
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Has Farage’s Clacton by-election backfired?
Nigel Farage has had a tricky summer. With his party down in the polls and beset by scandal, it hasn’t been ideal preparation for Thursday’s by-election. So Times Radio's Rosie Wright heads to the seaside in Essex to see how locals are feeling about the vote, before asking one of our politicos if t…
Burnham’s Welsh Challenge
Andy Burnham is in Wales for his first official visit to the former Labour heartlands since taking power. He'll be hoping to spark a Welsh Labour recovery - but can the PM win back voters?
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Josh Glancy and Daisy McAndrew.
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Kemi Badenoch’s Speech: What Did We Really Learn?
Kemi Badenoch has given her big speech at Tory conference, with a promise to scrap inheritance tax on family homes, and a warning that the country is running out of money.
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the speech with Anna Mikhailova, Lara Spirit, Josh Glancy and Robert Colville.
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