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- In a pickle · 32 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 7In this week's special budget episode of No Sacred Cows, the herd discusses the central, still unanswered, question of the difficult decisions still facing the government - on…
- Now what? · 37 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 6In this special post-conference edition of No Sacred Cows, Ben Lucas, Anna McShane and Ed Owen ask what has been achieved in Burnham’s first 100 days — and whether Labour is…
- The end of triangulation? · 36 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 5As voters splinter between Reform, the Greens and an increasingly volatile centre ground, this week we examine what a winning centre-left politics might look like in an age where…
- A new political economy? · 51 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 4As debate over the future direction of Labour in government gathers pace, this week we explore the growing disconnect between politics and economics, the collapse of the old…
- Britain's energy reality · 42 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 3Can Britain achieve net zero without sacrificing energy security, economic growth and public support? As energy prices remain stubbornly high and global instability continues to…
- Time for nation building? · 46 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 2This week, we ask whether Westminster is still fighting yesterday’s battles while the world moves on. Public First’s Jeegar Kakkad joins us to examine why defence and national…
- 19th Century institutions, 21st Century problems · 55 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 1Is Britain’s political system is capable of responding to the economic, technological and cultural challenges reshaping not just the country, but the world? That’s the question…
- Reshaping the state needs a real plan · 46 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 12Political analyst, writer and former government adviser Sam Freedman steps into the cow shed this week to look at how Labour in the UK needs to continue to realise that…
- Let's not go backwards on education · 38 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 11‘Progressive Education’ - the idea that education must be authentic, child-led, and discovery-oriented - actually leads to regressive outcomes for children and society. To secure…
- Dump Trump · 40 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 10It’s time Keir Starmer dumps Trump - for the interests of the UK as well as his own and the Labour Party’s political skin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
- Oh baby · 42 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 9The populist right is railing loudly against the decline in birthrates in the US and the UK - not always out of sincerity, and often with overtly racist reasoning. As a result…
- Why Europe · 48 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 8Keir Starmer biographer Tom Baldwin lays out why it's time for the centre-left to get over its timidity Brexit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- It is time to choose · 47 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 7A year into the Labour Party in power in the UK and the loss of the Democrats to Donald Trump in the US, we round out 2025 with the crew giving a damning verdict on where the…
- Stop pretending you're talking to young people · 41 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 6Co-author of the recent report ‘Inside the mind of a 16 year old’ for UK think-tank Demos together with Peter Hyman, Shaub details the journey of speaking with 700 young people…
- The Enemy is The State · 39 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 5Centre-left governments are often few and far between. So when they lose their way - the renewal has to be done swiftly, and at times bloodily. Trapped in process and unable to…
- Let's level on Net Zero · 36 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 4This week the herd is joined by Tone Langengen, Senior Policy Advisor at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, who argues that the centre-left must face economic and…
- Or else, armageddon · 35 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 3The political center and center-left needs to create new ways to protect our peace and prosperity, based on a clearer understanding of our mutual national interests, or else we…
- Order at the Border · 46 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 2Join us in this second episode where the herd are joined by Frank Sharry, a former Kamala Harris adviser and founder of US think tank America’s Voice, to look at whether the…
- We're the cows · 41 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 1We're starting a much needed and overdue debate about the future of mainstream politics – no holding back, no pulling punches. In this our first episode, the herd are joined by…
- Can you feel it? Labour's big task · 35 min.Recorded live at the Centre for Progressive Policy’s Inclusive Growth Conference on 28th November, this special episode The Power Test looks at where we are six months into the…
