Episodes

  • 100 Days of Starmer: The Ghosts of British Politics

    100 Days of Starmer: The Ghosts of British Politics
    Oct 14 2024
    With Keir Starmer's approval ratings at an all-time low and the Tory leadership race staggering to an exhaustive conclusion, Tom and Helen ask why Britain's two main political parties are so useless without any apparent political strategy. Does the ghost of Margaret Thatcher have anything to do with it?

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Israel Prepares to Strike Iran

    Israel Prepares to Strike Iran
    Oct 7 2024

    For our 100th episode, we remain in the Middle East. Israel has just relocated a battalion from Gaza to Lebanon. The anniversary of October 7th has heightened the already feverish tension in the region. Lebanon endures heavy assault, and Israel prepares its retaliation against Iran; Helen Thompson and Tom McTage delve into the developing crisis and explore why oil is so essential…


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    58 mins
  • Why Nasrallah’s Death Changes Everything

    Why Nasrallah’s Death Changes Everything
    Sep 30 2024
    Hezbollah are in disarray. Their leadership is decapitated, and Israeli troops amass at the border. Iran has vowed revenge. In this week's episode, Tom and Helen explore what the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah means for the crisis in the Middle East...

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    1 hr
  • Tom Tugendhat: The Outside Bet?

    Tom Tugendhat: The Outside Bet?
    Sep 26 2024
    Tom chats with Tory leadership hopeful Tom Tugendhat about his personal and political philosophies and what is so egregious about Keir Starmer as PM...

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    48 mins
  • Labour's Crisis Conference?

    Labour's Crisis Conference?
    Sep 25 2024
    In this special episode, These Times heads to Liverpool to delve into Starmer's reset of the Labour Party. Are Labour in crisis, or is Kier just getting started?

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    44 mins
  • Hezbollah & Israel: Lebanon Stares into the Abyss

    Hezbollah & Israel: Lebanon Stares into the Abyss
    Sep 23 2024
    After an astonishing week in the Middle East, Tom and Helen delve into the rapidly escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Why has Netanyahu chosen to intensify Israel's attacks on Hezbollah, and what happens to Lebanon now?

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    1 hr
  • Robert Jenrick: The Next Tory Leader?

    Robert Jenrick: The Next Tory Leader?
    Sep 19 2024
    Tom chats to Robert Jenrick, the supposed front-runner in the race to become the next leader of the Conservative Party, about his leadership credentials, Margaret Thatcher, and the issue of immigration...

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    53 mins
  • The Franco-German Crisis: Budgets and Borders Haunt Macron and Scholz

    The Franco-German Crisis: Budgets and Borders Haunt Macron and Scholz
    Sep 17 2024
    After former central bank president Mario Draghi reported that the EU has to invest 800 billion euros a year to compete with the US and China, Tom and Helen, turn to the crises in France and Germany and explore why politics has become so much harder for the two European powerhouses…

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    1 hr and 3 mins