Episode 410 George Parker
George Parker returns to the In Squash Podcast for Episode 410, just months after winning the London Open and then retiring from the PSA Tour at the age of 29.
George reflects on his decision to walk away from professional squash, the highlights of his PSA career, his experiences with disciplin...
The UK has implemented sanctions targeting Israel
The UK has implemented sanctions targeting Israel over the expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
For more on this Claire spoke to George Parker, Political Editor with the Financial Times and also Einat Wilf, Chair of Oz Party and former member of the Israeli Parliament, t...
September 14, 2026: The Eleven Days Parliament Had to Delete
A diplomat's personal irritation with mismatched dates on his own letters ended up rewriting an entire nation's calendar.
On September 14, 1752, Britain completed its switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, a change championed in Parliament by Lord Chesterfield, whose smoother public pe...
Budget blues
With borrowing costs and inflation rising, are the UK’s finances worse than Burnham and Healey thought? Host Lucy Fisher is joined by FT colleagues George Parker, political editor, and Stephen Bush, columnist, to discuss the tightening fiscal outlook ahead of the October Budget, and whether scrap...
Will Burnham call a snap election?
Labour officials in Downing Street and beyond have discussed the parameters in which a snap election could be called. Will Andy Burnham take the gamble? As speculation about the idea grips Westminster, host Lucy Fisher is joined by political editor George Parker and deputy political editor Jim Pi...
Labour Party conference: Hope again?
Recorded in front of an audience at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, host Lucy Fisher and political editor George Parker unpack Andy Burnham’s first conference speech as prime minister. From rethinking Britain’s relationship with the EU to ending the pensions triple lock and scrapping th...
Duck Season Advice From 10 Guests: Scouting, Calling, Hides and Shooting
Duck season is upon us here in Wisconsin and various seasons are open or opening across the country. We are just a little excited over here. We went back through the last 18 months of Upduck and pulled some of the best advice our guests have given us into one 20-minute episode.
You'll hear Wisc...
Green Party Leader Zack Polanski loses MP race
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is back in the news today having been granted £302,000 in compensation after his lease on his former Windsor home was officially surrendered, and Green Party leader Zach Polanski has just failed to become an MP in the London by-elections.
Joining Shane to discuss this i...
A stormy year for Starmer
Labour's win over the Tories last summer was described as a 'loveless landslide' and as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer marks one year in office, David, Katie and Fran discuss his short lived political honeymoon. Recent polls suggest he has some of the lowest approval ratings of any recently elect...
100 days of Burnham
Is Andy Burnham winning over voters with his promise to put ‘hope in every heart and growth in every postcode’? As the prime minister marks almost 100 days in the job, the FT has been polling swing voters in Sheffield to discuss his performance, the state of the country and how he stacks up again...
