This week, we discuss COVID-19 and ask: how it will change our politics. Gary chats to Matthew Taylor, former Head of Policy for Number 10 under Tony Blair and now Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts, and Danny Finkelstein, columnist f

Britain talks post-Brexit trade with the EU

Feb 28th, 2020 35m 33s

This week we are looking at the negotiations for the new relationship with Europe as we now have the opening positions of both sides. As the British document was published on Thursday, Gary Gibbon caught up with Georgina Wright of the Institu

What will post-Brexit immigration look like?

Feb 21st, 2020 38m 9s

This week, after decades of signing up to the EU policy of free movement of people, Boris Johnson announced Britain will halt low-paid immigration with just a few exceptions at the margins - and he'll make high-skilled immigration a little eas

Number 10 vs the Treasury?

Feb 14th, 2020 35m 7s

This week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid resigned. A few hours after the announcement, Gary sat down with Lord Nick Macpherson, who ran the Treasury as its Permanent Secretary for 11 years under Labour, the Tories and the C

What will post-Brexit Ireland look like?

Feb 7th, 2020 29m 57s

This week Gary sits down with two guests on the eve of the Irish general election. He speaks to Denis Staunton of the Irish Times and Patrick Maguire of the New Statesman to discuss the Sinn Féin surge and what this election means for Brexit

Farage and Brexit: The Story

Jan 31st, 2020 38m 9s

With Brexit happening we've spoken to its godfather - Nigel Farage - to ask about the journey that got us here. We took him to a small viewing cinema in London to show him video clips from the news stories that marked our journey to Brexit an

How will Britain and Europe build a new relationship after Brexit?

Jan 24th, 2020 38m 50s

This week we are discussing what happens next on Brexit and what is in store for our new relationship with Europe. Gary talks to Georgina Wright from The Institute for Government and Sam Lowe of the Centre for European Reform.

Who will lead the Labour Party?

Jan 17th, 2020 39m 11s

As the Labour leadership contest gets motoring we look at who is likely to win it and what are the lessons of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. Gary talks to Sienna Rodgers, editor of the Labour List and Paul Mason, left-wing commentator and author

Will the government take back control?

Jan 10th, 2020 37m 49s

This week, a new year, a new government - what do we make of it so far? Where is Boris Johnson heading? Will this feel like a revolution or nothing of the sort? Joining Gary to discuss that is Robert Colvile, Director of the Centre for Policy S

Is the Labour Party written off?

Dec 20th, 2019 36m 34s

The election done, what is next for the politically dispossessed? This week Gary talks to Pat McFadden, who worked for Tony Blair in Downing street and has been MP for Wolverhampton since 2005. He is joined by Rory Stewart who was thrown o

What happens to party politics after this election?

Dec 6th, 2019 35m 26s

Mere days away from the general election, Gary Gibbon sits down with the political editor of the Daily Mirror, Pippa Crerar, and by James Kirkup, director of the Social Market Foundation, and before that a senior journalist at The Telegraph.

What happens after a Brexit election?

Nov 29th, 2019 35m 22s

This week Gary speaks to Stephen Bush, the Political Editor of the New Statesman and Tory Peer Danny Finkelstein. They talk to Gary about the party manifestos, who is ahead of the race and what comes after the election.

Who's most likely to win the UK general election?

Nov 15th, 2019 37m 59s

Veteran political analyst Professor John Curtice and Professor Matthew Goodwin of the University of Kent tell Gary Gibbon their predictions for this general election. Curtice is also a senior fellow of the UK in a Changing Europe research uni

Brexit: Tearing the Tories Apart?

Nov 1st, 2019 37m 9s

Ken Clarke and Iain Duncan Smith, two of the most senior, long standing members of the Tory Party, discuss the state of the Conservatives. Clarke had the whip withdrawn in September after he voted against the government. A passionate oppon

A Christmas Election?

Oct 25th, 2019 35m 48s

This week we reassembled our regular duo - Labour MP Jess Phillips and the Independent MP, formerly a Conservative minister, Nick Boles. We spoke on Thursday as cabinet members were gathering in Number 10 to discuss strategy, they hadn't yet

What can we expect from a Brexit general election?

Oct 18th, 2019 34m 48s

This week we speak to two people who have worked closely on previous elections as we look to the general election looming in front of us. We're joined by Patrick Heneghan, former Head of Campaigns for the Labour Party, who worked on five gene

What does history tell us about Brexit?

Oct 11th, 2019 30m 27s

This week we’re joined by Charles Moore, biographer of Margaret Thatcher - his third and final volume - Herself Alone - is just published. And Professor David Edgerton from Kings college London, author of The Rise and Fall of the British Natio

Will Boris Johnson's Brexit plan fly?

Oct 4th, 2019 35m 32s

Boris Johnson has unveiled his proposal for a deal, but how has it gone down in the EU? In conversation with Gary this week are Peter Foster, Europe Editor of the Daily Telegraph - the man who first brought you a leak of the deal - and James

Brexit: Parliament vs the people?

Sep 27th, 2019 38m 41s

While the storm rages over politicians' use of language, Gary is joined by Labour's Jess Phillips and the independent MP Nick Boles for a civilised chat about the state of the nation.

How likely is a Brexit deal?

Sep 20th, 2019 36m 25s

Deal or No Deal? Boris Johnson's search for a Brexit deal has intensified. Government insiders say parliament blocking the early election and passing a bill that tries to stop a no-deal Brexit has forced the government to throw itself into pur

Has Brexit broken politics forever?

Sep 13th, 2019 27m 46s

This week we talk to two MPs elected as Tories at the last election -Phillip Lee and Damian Green. However Phillip Lee is now a Lib Dem. Last week, he showed his displeasure with the direction of the government by crossing the floor of the hous

Brexit: can we trust politicians to do what’s right for the country?

Sep 6th, 2019 32m 14s

What is going to happen on Monday? Will there be an election? Are we leaving the EU on the 31st? This week we talk to John McTernan - the political strategist and a downing street aide to Tony Blair -and Adrian Wooldridge, the political editor

No-deal? Extension? Election? - Boris Johnson's Brexit plan

Jul 26th, 2019 30m 26s

As Boris Johnson moves into number 10, Francis Elliott (Political Editor, The Times) and Peter Foster (Europe Editor, The Daily Telegraph) thrash out the possibilities for what his Brexit plan might really entail. Subscribe to Politics: Where N

Boris Johnson vs Jeremy Corbyn - where next for Brexit Britain?

Jul 19th, 2019 40m 21s

With Boris Johnson looking like the favourite to win the Tory leadership contest and become Prime Minister, political commentators Isabel Hardman (The Spectator) and Rafael Behr (The Guardian) join Gary Gibbon to chat about what a Jo

The Powell Brothers: Siblings on advising Thatcher and Blair, Brexit and the leaked memos

Jul 9th, 2019 33m 2s

In this week’s podcast we bring together two brothers - Charles Powell and Jonathan Powell. Charles Powell, Lord Powell, advised Margaret Thatcher on foreign policy from 1983 to the end of her premiership. Seven years after he'd left Number 10