Politics Weekly
Political analysis from the Guardian and Observer's top journalists and commentators.
Customs union conundrum and Marx at 200 – Politics Weekly podcast
Heather Stewart is joined by Aarti Shankar, Rafael Behr and Tom McTague to discuss the showdown over Britain’s membership of the EU customs union after Brexit. Plus Philip Cowley on local election polls and Gregory Claeys on the relevance of Karl Marx as his 200th birthday approaches. Please support our…
The Windrush generation and a hostile Home Office – Politics Weekly podcast
Pippa Crerar is joined by Amelia Gentleman, Sonia Sodha, Colin Yeo and Sarah Teather to discuss the government’s chaotic response to reports of Caribbean people who came to the UK as children in the 1950s and 60s being denied their rights. Plus Libby Brooks reports from Holyrood on how the…
The Alternatives: social enterprises in Plymouth
In episode 6, Aditya speaks to Lindsey Hall, director of Real Ideas Organisation in Plymouth. Social enterprises are businesses that try to solve social problems while making a profit. Plymouth is the first social enterprise city in the UK. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed…
The Alternatives: inside the ideas factory that could save UK industry
In episode 5 of The Alternatives, Aditya Chakrabortty talks to Ande Gregson of Green Lab about small-scale innovation. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund us, go to https://www.theguardian.com/give/podcast
The Brexit whistleblower and Labour's anti-semitism problem
Heather Stewart is joined by Carole Cadwalladr, Hadley Freeman, Owen Jones and Randeep Ramesh to discuss new revelations regarding donations from the victorious Vote Leave campaign to a sister movement staffed by young Brexiters. Plus, Labour MP Wes Streeting on his party’s problem with antisemitism. Please support our work and…
Cambridge Analytica, Facebook and democracy – Politics Weekly podcast
Anushka Asthana is joined by Carole Cadwalladr, Alex Hern, Steve Howell and Damian Collins MP to discuss the scandal surrounding Cambridge Analytica’s use of data harvested from Facebook in Donald Trump’s election campaign. Plus: Heather Stewart in Brussels on the Brexit transition deal and the continuing response to Russia. Please…
Responding to Russia – Politics Weekly podcast
Heather Stewart is joined by Rafael Behr, Anne Perkins and Andrew Roth in Moscow to discuss the government’s response to the nerve agent attack on the former Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury. Plus Paul Johnson of the Institute for Fiscal Studies on the chancellor’s low-key spring statement. Please…
The Alternatives: worker-owned businesses
Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to John Clark, about how instead of selling off his business to the highest bidder, he decided to explore how he could transfer ownership to those with the best interests of the company at heart: its employees. Please support our work and help us keep the world…
Open v closed: the new political divide? – Politics Weekly podcast
Anushka Asthana is joined by Sonia Sodha, Matt Zarb-Cousin and Laura Round to discuss whether British politics has moved beyond a simple left-right division. Plus Stephanie Kirchgaessner reports from Rome on the aftermath of the Italian election. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund…
Corbyn's Brexit and May's big moment – Politics Weekly podcast
Heather Stewart is joined by Jill Rutter, Jennifer Rankin, Dan Roberts and John Harris to discuss a pivotal week for Brexit. Plus Dharshini David on the supremacy of the US dollar as the world’s favourite currency. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund us,…
The Alternatives: German town takes power back from energy giants
Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to Iris Degenhardt-Meister, who is part of a cooperative energy company that runs the electricity grid in Wolfhagen, Germany, and asks Prof Andrew Cumbers from the University of Glasgow if such a model could work in Britain. Please support our work and help us keep the world…
Avoiding a Mad Max Brexit – Politics Weekly podcast
Anushka Asthana is joined by Isabel Hardman, Randeep Ramesh and Tom Kibasi to discuss May’s Brexit ‘awayday’ after a speech from David Davis promising that leaving the EU would not pitch Britain into a Mad Max-style dystopia. Plus: Danny Dorling on Britain’s stalled life expectancy and Matthew D’Ancona on why…
The Alternatives: how a Liverpool suburb upended its housing market
Aditya Chakrabortty hears from Hazel Tilley, a long-time resident of the Liverpool neighbourhood of Granby and now chair of its community land trust. She explains how after decades of neglect from local government, the area took matters into its own hands to provide affordable housing. Please support our work and…
The Brexit war cabinet and women's suffrage – Politics Weekly podcast
Heather Stewart is joined by Aarti Shankar, Anne Perkins and Jennifer Rankin to discuss a Brexit war cabinet at war with itself. Plus Labour’s equalities secretary, Dawn Butler, on 100 years of women’s suffrage and the work still to do. Please support our work and help us keep the world…
Brexit leaks and May in China – Politics Weekly podcast
Rowena Mason is joined by Larry Elliott, Katy Balls and Rafael Behr to discuss the Brexit analysis leaks. Plus Jessica Elgot on Theresa May’s trip to China and Chuka Umunna on bringing together the anti-Brexit tribes. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund us,…
The Alternatives: how Preston took back control
In the first episode of our new mini-series, Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to Preston city councillor Matthew Brown about his alternative approach to keeping wealth in the local economy. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund us, go to https://www.theguardian.com/give/podcast
Have the Conservatives run out of ideas? – Politics Weekly podcast
Heather Stewart is joined by Anushka Asthana, George Freeman MP, Laura Perrins, Matthew D’Ancona and Mark Wallace to discuss the intellectual renewal of the Conservative party amid cabinet bust-ups, and growing murmurs about the race to succeed Theresa May. Plus, Bruno Maçães on his new book The Dawn of Eurasia…
Outsourcing and the Carillion collapse – Politics Weekly podcast
Anushka Asthana is joined by Andrew Adonis, Polly Toynbee, John Crace and Laura Parker to discuss the collapse of Carillion and the changes to Labour’s national executive committee. Plus James Murray, the deputy mayor of London, on getting to grips with the city’s housing crisis. Please support our work and…
May's reshuffle and universal basic income – Politics Weekly podcast
Heather Stewart and Anushka Asthana discuss the cabinet shake-up, plus Sonia Sodha, Torsten Bell and Neal Lawson on the concept of a universal basic income. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund us, go to https://www.theguardian.com/give/podcast
Corbyn's year, digital diplomacy and loneliness – Politics Weekly podcast
Anushka Asthana is joined by Michael Savage, Ellie Mae O’Hagan and Sam Lowe to discuss a year that saw Jeremy Corbyn strengthen his position as Labour leader and confound expert predictions of Labour’s demise. Plus Tom Fletcher on digital diplomacy heading into 2018 and Seema Kennedy and Rachel Reeves on…