Episodios

  • The British Elections - an Outsider's perspective with Annette Dittert

    The British Elections - an Outsider's perspective with Annette Dittert
    Jul 4 2024
    In this episode I speak to Annette Dittert, London correspondent of German TV channel ARD since 2008. She has lived here since 2008, but she remains someone who can look dispassionately at our politics, culture and institutions.

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    46 m
  • What have they go to show for fourteen years of power? With Nick Cohen

    What have they go to show for fourteen years of power? With Nick Cohen
    Jun 30 2024
    I spoke to Nick Cohen, veteran political journalist and author of the Writing from London substack https://nickcohen.substack.com/ about the record of the past 14 years of Conservative government and what we might expect from a Labour one.

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    42 m
  • EMERGENCY EPISODE: Jason Pack on Biden's debate disaster

    EMERGENCY EPISODE: Jason Pack on Biden's debate disaster
    Jun 28 2024

    I spoke to Jason Pack about the fallout from President Joseph Biden's poor debate performance on 27 June. Jason has written about this in his substack and also recorded his own podcast on the subject, both available here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-146086715?source=queue


    We covered: does the poor debate even matter? What is the process (if one exists) for replacing Biden as the presidential nominee? Who are the likely candidates? What is at stake if Biden doesn't stand down and Trump wins?


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    25 m
  • France's election with Peter Ricketts

    France's election with Peter Ricketts
    Jun 20 2024
    President Macron did something truly unexpected when he called a snap election in the aftermath of the European parliamentary elections. It now looks very likely that France's next legislature will contain a plurality of hard right deputies from Marine Le Pen's National Rally. I spoke to Lord Peter Ricketts, former British Ambassador to France about this unexpected election and what it portends.

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    39 m
  • The Meg-election: Modi gets a shock from India's voters

    The Meg-election: Modi gets a shock from India's voters
    Jun 17 2024
    I was delighted to speak to Akanksha Narain, Indian political analyst and consultant about the unexpected election results in India where Modi's BJP party fell far short of their target of 400 seats in the 542-seat lower house of Parliament (Lok Sabha).

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    1 h y 8 m
  • The 'Other' Election: Europe Goes to the Polls

    The 'Other' Election: Europe Goes to the Polls
    Jun 7 2024

    I spoke to Christina Keßler of the Centre for European Reform (CER) about the current EU elections and the possibility of Europe taking a turn to the right.


    You can find Christina's work at the CER here: https://www.cer.eu/personnel/christina-kessler


    Separately, I appeared on the new podcast Quiet Riot. Find the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6RGol2iYEkToCCrYjFUwkm?si=4FDTU1NaTgOaRfGf_Y2Qog


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    30 m
  • America's political crisis - the historic, structural and ideological roots

    America's political crisis - the historic, structural and ideological roots
    Jun 1 2024
    With Trump's criminal conviction, the chaos and division of American politics seems set to increase. But this is about much more than what happened in a New York courtroom, with roots in American history, its political structures and the rise of certain ideological movements. I spoke to American political scientist Jonathan Terra about the backdrop to the current events.

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    1 h y 24 m
  • Disinformation and UK politics: will it effect the 2024 election?

    Disinformation and UK politics: will it effect the 2024 election?
    May 25 2024
    I spoke to disinformation expert Amil Khan about the current state of disinformation in global and UK politics and the risks it could pose to the 2024 UK general election. Amil is Director of Valent projects. His work has been covered in a range of media outlets including Disinformation is on the rise. How does it work?economist.com, and the BBC How some AI developers are combatting malicious bots | BBC Newsyoutu.be.

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    33 m