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Labour has announced the biggest bonfire of benefits since the austerity government. Plus: Russia has violated the partial ceasefire it agreed to just yesterday; we speak to Simon Childs on how the police spent 3 million pounds on a crackdown of one peaceful protest. With Steven Methven, Mike Bankole and Simon Childs.
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Benjamin Netanyahu has definitively ended the Israel-Hamas ceasefire with a deadly wave of airstrikes on Gaza. We speak to Daniel Levy about the political response from within Israel. Plus: Liz Kendall confirms which benefits are on the chopping block; and why the US military is trying to build space defences in Wales. With Aaron Bastani, […]
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Moya has a bone to pick with Ash about Minority Rule and the conversations sparked by her book tour, while posing the big question: why is it so hard to form your own opinions? Plus: what to do when a newly sober friend starts drifting away. We’re now yapping on TikTok! Follow us @ifispeakpod Send […]
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Discontent is growing among Labour MPs over what could be the biggest cuts to disability payments since the coalition government. Plus: 29 councillors defect to reform; and US airstrikes on Yemen kill 29 people. With Steven Methven, NoJusticeMTG & Anna Landre.
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The ‘special relationship’ is central to how Britain conducts its foreign policy and perceives itself as a country. The argument goes: proximity to Washington allows London to maintain a semblance of its former prestige and power. The media and political class can’t get enough of it. But what if Britain’s relationship to the United States […]
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Vladimir Putin has signalled that he may try to stall truce negotiations with Ukraine. Plus: Rachel Reeves appears to blame Donald Trump for the UK’s economic woes; and James O’Brien weighs in LBC’s decision to fire Sangita Myska. With Aaron Bastani and Kieran Andrieu.
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Keir Starmer has announced he will scrap NHS England, in a move that the health secretary claims will bring the NHS back into “democratic control” Plus: The sectarian violence that has killed over a thousand people in Syria over the past six weeks. With Dalia Gebrial, NoJusticeMTG and Tony O’Sullivan.
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On the 8th December 2024, the Assad regime in Syria fell, replaced by a group of former jihadists called Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham. In the north east of the country, in a territory called Rojava, a feminist socialist revolution has been ongoing for since 2012. Then a few weeks ago, Abdullah Öcalan, a Kurdish leader who […]
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Donald Trump has declared an international trade war. Plus: Ukraine has agreed to a ceasefire; Emily Thornberry is furious with Israel’s deputy foreign minister. With Steven Methven and Grace Blakeley.
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Three people have been killed in a massive Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region. Plus: Former President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested on an ICC warrant; and police admit to the wrongful arrest of an anti-monarchy protester. With Aaron Bastani and Mike Bankole.
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The US is no longer supporting Ukraine. And, in response, the UK and Europe are rearming. The Germans are taking off their hallowed debt brake to allow it. The French want a European Army. And Keir Starmer is talking tough about the capabilities of the British Armed Forces. In a world still dominated by the […]
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When we talk about politics – whether it’s the climate, the economy or constitutional reform – the thing that’s at stake is an idea of ‘the future’. These days, the idea of imminent societal or ecological breakdown necessarily means adopting the framing of the present as being a ‘state of emergency’. This is an obvious […]
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Moya and Ash discuss the uses and abuses of self-care culture and its roots in Black feminism. Plus: how to get over homesickness. Send us your dilemmas: [email protected] Music by Matt Huxley.
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Israel has cut off all electricity to Gaza, including to desalination plants that provide clean drinking water to the strip. Plus: Labour fund warfare over welfare; and a civil war rages within Reform UK. With Steven Methven, NoJusticeMTG and Max Geller of Palestine Action.
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What’s the point of the arts when the world is on fire? To follow the pipeline from creativity to activism and back again, Nadia Idle is joined by Amber Massie-Blomfield, former chief of theatre company Complicité and the author of Acts of Resistance: The Power of Art to Create Better World. They discuss Dan Edelstyn […]
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The US has cut military aid and intelligence to Ukraine. It’s now evident that the country is more vulnerable to Russian attacks. Plus: Justin Trudeau has hit back at Donald Trump over trade tariffs and a new report shows that police officers in the UK are 100 times more likely to be convicted of cybercrime […]
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At an EU summit, Polish PM Donald Tusk has said that Europe can win any military, financial or economic confrontation with Russia. Plus: Another house of lords member is caught up in a lobbying scandal; and Ash Sarkar weighs in on the two-tier policing row on Politics Live. With Dalia Gebrial and NoJusticeMTG.
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Lockdown was one of the defining experiences of our lives, but it was far from unique in history. From the plantation to the infirmary and from the leper colony to the stay at home order, contagion and confinement are inextricably intertwined. In The History of the World in 6 Plagues, Edna Bonhomme investigates how fear, power, race […]
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Having cut off military support to Ukraine, the US is now no longer sharing military intelligence either. Plus: Donald Trump’s marathon address to congress; and the British millionaires who are demanding to be taxed more. With Michael Walker, Volodymyr Dubovyk, David Adler and Dale Vince.
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US president Donald Trump has suspended all military aid to Ukraine. Plus: leftwing streamer Hasan Piker has been banned from Twitch; we speak to Declassified’s co-founder and editor Mark Curtis. With Aaron Bastani, Kieran Andrieu and Mark Curtis.
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