Westminster Insider
by POLITICO
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Britain by numbers: everything we don't know about the country
Britain by numbers: everything we don't know about the country
About this podcast
POLITICO’s weekly political series lifts the curtain on how Westminster really works, offering in-depth insight into the political issues which typically only get broad-brush treatment in the wider media.
Episodes
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- Britain by numbers: everything we don't know about the country · 40 minBudgets are all about numbers: growth, inflation, unemployment, headroom. So this week on Westminster Insider, Sascha and Pat look into the numbers behind Britain's economy — and…
- Who really writes the budget? · 45 minAndy Burnham has promised Britain can “hope again”. But with inflation rising, borrowing costs soaring and trillions of pounds of national debt, how much room does Chancellor…
- Are the Brexit wars back? · 36 minCustoms union, single market, rejoin, second referendum. It's all feeling a little Ground Hog day in Westminster after Andy Burnham reopened the Europe question at Labour Party…
- Labour conference special: Manchester’s new mayor · 21 minOn a special edition of Westminster Insider from Labour Party conference, Pat and Sascha sat down with the new Mayor of Greater Manchester, Bev Craig, at the POLITICO Pub in…
- Football and politics: How to play the game · 38 min · Season 22 Episode 9With England through to the knockout stages of the World Cup and hopes rising that football might finally be coming home, Westminster is watching nervously — and closely. The…
- Does being a good mayor make you a good prime minister? · 32 min · Season 22 Episode 8The Greater Manchester mayoralty made Andy Burnham famous. Now he's hoping he can take the approach he developed in the city to the whole country. This week on Westminster…
- Robert Jenrick's plan to take on 'Reform Slayer' Andy Burnham · 33 min · Season 22 Episode 7Makerfield has proved to be the making of Andy Burnham’s bid for the top job, but could it also be the moment that Nigel Farage’s ambitions for Number 10 took a knock? While…
- Burnham wins: Inside the Makerfield by-election · 35 min · Season 22 Episode 6Andy Burnham is the new Labour MP for Makerfield, heading for parliament and, likely, Number 10. But what does his momentous win here on the outskirts of Wigan tell us about his…
- Andy Burnham: the man who wants to be PM · 24 min · Season 22 Episode 6In a bonus episode of Westminster Insider, host Sascha O’Sullivan sits down with Jack Blanchard to find out who is the real Andy Burnham. Jack talks through the journey Burnham…
- What's the point of political protests? · 41 min · Season 22 Episode 5Climate change, Palestine, Brexit, the Iraq War. Westminster has seen it all when it comes to protests, and the inhabitants of Parliament are largely desensitised to the angry…
- The Brexit Referendum: Ten years on · 41 min · Season 22 Episode 4Ten years — and six prime ministers — ago Britain was on the brink of voting to leave the European Union. Host Patrick Baker was in his first job as a TV news producer during…
- Why the Conservatives are so cheery: inside the Tory reboot · 38 min · Season 22 Episode 3At the local elections, the Conservative Party lost hundreds of councillors and dozens of seats across England, Scotland and Wales, but Kemi Badenoch declared a comeback. So…
- How to replace a Prime Minister and get away with it · 42 min · Season 22 Episode 2As Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and former health secretary Wes Streeting jostle for influence in the Labour party, host Sascha O'Sullivan looks at what it takes to turn…
- Starmer’s week from hell: Inside the Number 10 bunker · 33 min · Season 22 Episode 1With Keir Starmer fighting for his political life after the most perilous week of his premiership, the prime minister and his inner circle have been engaged in a desperate…
- Defense deals and Thomas Tuchel's chances: inside the new Anglo-German bromance · 36 minThe Victorians called Britain and Germany “awkward cousins.” These days, Keir Starmer is trying to revive that Anglo-German amity as part of a broader reset with the European…
- Nick Thomas-Symonds: Don't panic, my EU reset plan will work · 31 minDespite the war in Iran and its economic consequences preoccupying ministers, much work is going on behind closed doors in Whitehall to strike a closer relationship with…
- How to fix British politics — with help from around the world · 38 min · Season 21 Episode 8As Westminster rolls into recess, host Sascha O'Sullivan looks at some of the problems which bedevil SW1 from voter disengagement to constant reshuffles to find out if political…
- ChatG-MP: Inside Westminster's AI revolution · 41 min · Season 21 Episode 7From ChatGPT-written speeches to constituents flooding MPs with AI-generated emails, artificial intelligence has arrived in Westminster. In this episode of Westminster Insider…
- The Battle for Labour's oldest stronghold: Wales · 40 min · Season 21 Episode 6On May 7, Labour faces losing some of its oldest heartlands. In Wales, the party has dominated elections for 104 years, but is, according to polls, fighting for third or fourth…
- Inside the fight to fix Parliament · 48 min · Season 21 Episode 5The Palace of Westminster towers over the River Thames as a symbol of British democracy. But look a little closer and the building is falling apart. From fire risks and asbestos…
