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episode 49: EMQs: The Brexit Plots special
Ed Balls and George Osborne were Inside the Room with Michael Gove last week to deep dive into the Brexit plots - and now they’re facing your questions on the moment that changed British politics forever...
episode 47: Inside The Room: The Brexit Plots (Part 3)
With George Osborne, Ed Balls and Michael Gove
episode 46: Inside The Room: The Brexit Plots (Part 2)
With George Osborne, Ed Balls and Michael Gove
Ballots, the BBC and Buying British
Parliament may be heading into recess, but there’s little time for holidaying as the political parties are heading straight into local election campaigning after Easter. Ed Balls and George Osborne take stock of how those campaigns are shaping up, who and what to watch out for, and how the results might change the Westminster mood.
Is the BBC in danger again? And this time it’s from inside...
EMQs:Tactical voting, Tradition, and Taylor Swift
The latest polling predicts Conservative armageddon in the next election. But do these polls matter? George reveals why the Tories are still banking on winning over those ‘don’t know’ voters.
They’ll have a mountain to climb, with growing fears of coordinated tactical voting...
Can Sunak save himself?
Rishi Sunak is on a mission to prove his political fortunes are turning round… despite a long list of headaches. How can he get out of the political spiral he’s in? George and Ed pick over some lessons from Prime Ministers past…
He’d do well to heed their words. On the Labour side, Rachel Reeves had made another big play for the role of chancellor, giving the Mais lecture...
EMQs: Should cannabis be legalised?
Is legalising cannabis the answer to the hole in Labour’s financial plans? Are fiscal rules there to be broken? And, in light of the infamous royal photography fail, can Ed and George think of other times a photograph has landed a public figure in hot water? Of course they can - sorry Prime Minister!
Got a question for Ed and George? Send a voice note to questions@politicalcurrency.co...
Dodgy donors, Diane Abbott and digital currency
Michael Gove is rolling out his new definition of extremism this week, to the chagrin of people across the political spectrum. Ed and George weigh in on whether this will have any impact in keeping the UK safe, or whether it will threaten to divide the country further.
Unfortunately for Gove, a major Tory donor undermined the whole message with his own extreme comments about Diane Abbott...