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The Politics Show
Helping you make sense of politics – every week.
Anoosh Chakelian and the New Statesman team bring you sharp reporting, clear analysis and thoughtful conversations to help you understand what’s really going on in Westminster and beyond.
The New Statesman is Britain’s leading source of news and commentary on politics and culture with a progressive perspective. On The Politics Show, our journalists and expert guests cut through the noise of the headlines to explain the forces shaping our world…
Episodes
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The Planned Shoulda-test Hotel
Travellers to the UK from Covid hotspots will be required to quarantine in hotels, under plans expected to be announced this week. Epidimiologists have long…
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Woke Like This
Following the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Wednesday, Boris Johnson struggled to answer a question about whether the new US leader is 'woke'. On this…
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Credit Where Credit Is Due
As the commons prepares to vote on whether to extend the £20 uplift to universal credit - due to be reduced at the end of March - Stephen Bush, Anoosh…
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Broken Britain
As Britain's hospitals face crisis, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss what it really means for the NHS to be overwhelmed. Then, in You Ask…
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Keir On Present Dangers
On Monday, Keir Starmer made his first big speech of the year, which was widely reported as an excoriating attack on the Prime Minister's flawed response to…
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Capitol Crimes
Stephen Bush and Ailbhe Rea discuss the aftermath of the shocking scenes from Washington as a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol building, and what those events…
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Welcome to 2021
Stephen Bush and Ailbhe Rea sit down for the first time in 2021 to discuss the government's response to the new Covid variation, the inevitability of a new…
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Christmissing Out
On today's New Statesman Podcast – the last of 2020 – Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian sort through the mess that it is our Christmas plans, and then give you…
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2020 Revision
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea sit down as a trio for the last time this year and go over their moments that…
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The Cost of Christmas Yet to Come
On today's episode of the New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea bring out the tinsel and baubles to discuss Christmas (and how…
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No Deal Ordeal
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea look at the big decision – deal or no deal – facing the Brexit negotiators…
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There EU Go Again
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian look at the so-called 'crunch' week for Brexit talks and what's left to be resolved in the…
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Pfee-pfi-pfo-pfum, I Smell the Blood of Gavin Williamson
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian discuss the vaccine roll-out and Gavin Williamson's controversial comments about Brexit's…
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Tier Jerking
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea look at the upcoming Conservative rebellion on the tier system. Then, in You…
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Levelling Down
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the Spending Review and whether we are heading for the long-awaited…
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Vaccine Nation
On today's New Statesman podcast, Stephen Bush and Ailbhe Rea gather to discuss the latest news from the Oxford vaccine trial, and what impact a return to…
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How to Save the United Kingdom: Gordon Brown special
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea are joined by special guest Gordon Brown to discuss devolution, Scottish…
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Cummings and Goings
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea look at the fallout from the departure of Dominic Cummings and analyse the…
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The Story of Lee Cain (The Man the Authorities Came to Blame)
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian discuss the departure of Downing Street's comms supremo, Lee Cain, and what it means for…
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Special Relationship Wrecked
On today's episode of the New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the impact that frosty relations between President-Elect…
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Home Economics
On today's episode of the New Statesman podcast, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the first day of Lockdown 2.0 and the announcement that the furlough…
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Lockdown Two, Sceptic Avenue
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the imminent return of lockdown, and how it's dividing the nation and…
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On Your Bike!
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss EHRC's verdict on antisemitism in the Labour party, as well as the…
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Free School Mealy-Mouthed
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the latest round of Marcus Rashford vs the Government over Free School…
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The Andy Man Can
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the new measures announced by Rishi Sunak – and whether his star is…
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Firebreak and Fury
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the Welsh 'firebreak' and the continued uncertainty over regional…
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Tier Two: This Time It's Personal (but outdoors)
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the move to bring London up to a 'tier two' covid warning, and then, in You Ask Us…
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The Road to Wigan Tier
On this episode of the New Statesman Podcast, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the government's new three-tier system for covid control, and how the…
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Local Discord
On today's episode of the New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea gather to discuss the latest rumours about local lockdown…
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Introducing: The Fault Line: Bush, Blair and Iraq
On September 11th 2001, as he faced incalculable losses after the terrorist attacks that day, President George W Bush made a call to his greatest international…
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Inside the Covid Crisis
On this special episode of the New Statesman Podcast, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea are joined by Dr Phil Whitaker, a GP and the New Statesman's health…
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Ascension Seekers
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush and Ailbhe Rea discuss the leaked reports that Priti Patel was considering sending asylum seekers to far-flung…
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Varsity Blues
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the troubled return of students to British universities. Then, in You…
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Jobs Hatchet
On today's episode of the New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea look at the Chancellor's post-furlough economic plans and ask…
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In The Lap of the Dodds
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss Labour's virtual conference and Anneliese Dodds' speech. Then, in You…
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We Got Locked Down, But Will It Happen Again?
On today's episode of the New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss whether we are heading for a second national lockdown…
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Legal Tender Subject
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea dissect the dissent on Tory benches over the Internal Market Bill and, in You…
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The Dirty Half-Dozen
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Anoosh Chakelian, Stephen Bush and Ailbhe Rea discuss the government's latest limitations, imposed to stop a resurgence of…
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Brexit's Back Baby!
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea are joined by Anand Menon, director of the UK in a Changing Europe think tank, to discuss the…
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Leonard Goin'
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss Richard Leonard's position as leader of Scottish Labour and its long…
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Office Politics
On today's episode of the New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe discuss the government's conflicted 'back to the office' strategy…
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Ed Start
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss Ed Davey's election as leader of the Liberal Democrats, and the new support rules for…
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The Davey Train
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the final furlong of the Lib Dems' leadership race and then, in You Ask Us, take your…
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Dido and AenHS
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the government's plans to scrap Public Health England and place…
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One U-Turn Deserves Another
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the latest in the summer of U-turns, as the government disown the…
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Grade A While the Sun Shined
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush and Ailbhe Rea discuss the rest of the UK following Scotland in receiving a controversial set of A-level…
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Ill Met face red light
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush and Ailbhe Rea discuss Labour MP Dawn Butler being pulled over by the police. Then, in You Ask Us, they…
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Eat Out to Beat Doubt
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the appetite for the government's Eat Out to Help Out policy. Then, in…
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John Hume Remembered
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea are joined by the SDLP MP for South Belfast Claire Hanna for a special conversation about the…
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Shock Waves
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the prospect of a second wave and Ailbhe gives the team an update…
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The Fat of the Land
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian discuss Boris Johnson's obesity busting plans. Then, in You Ask Us, they answer…
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The Scottish Play
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian discuss Prime Minister Boris Johnson's trip to Scotland and what's next for the…
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Lean, Mean, Covid-fighting Vaccine
On today's episode of the New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the positive news coming out of the Oxford trial looking…
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(100) Days of Starmer
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian sit down to appraise Keir Starmer's first hundred days as Labour leader. Then, in You Ask…
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Work Ethics
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the government's confusingly non-committal policy on returning to work…
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A Mini Judge Bit on the Mini Budget
On today's episode of the New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea take a look at Rishi Sunak's mini-budget, as well as the…
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ET QT
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss their results from the latest iteration of the political compass…
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Anatomy of a Crisis
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Anoosh Chakelian interviews David Ottewell, Head of Data Journalism, about the special edition of the New Statesman that…
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Civil War
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the departure of Mark Sedwill as Cabinet Secretary and consider…
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So Long-Bailey
On today's New Statesman Podcast, with Stephen Bush having to shoot off seconds before recording in order to cover Rebecca Long-Bailey's sacking, Anoosh…