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Yesterday morning, on Yom Kippur - the holiest day in the Jewish calendar - worshippers were attacked outside a synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester.
Two Jewish men were killed, three remain in hospital and the attacker, now known as Jihad Al-Shamie - a British citizen of Syrian descent - was shot dead at the scene by police.
It was soon declared a terrorist incident.
In close proximity to the October 7th anniversary,...
Keir Starmer is polling as the UK’s most unpopular Prime Minister in history. But days after his conference speech, some are asking whether a Starmer comeback is on the cards.
What would that look like? Are they delusional?
Tom McTague is joined by Andrew Marr.
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Donald Trump says he has a plan to end the war in Gaza and bring eternal peace to the Middle East.
Will Lloyd is joined by Katie Stallard to discuss how Trump is pursuing diplomacy in his second term.
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...Keir Starmer is on a mission to reclaim British patriotism.
The prime minister has just finished his conference speech in Liverpool, addressing a hall full of delegates waving flags from England, Scotland and Wales.
In some ways this was an attempt to celebrate Britain, its values, and its triumphs. In other very clear ways it was an attempted attack on Nigel Farage.
Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Rachel Cunliffe, Megan Ken...
The chancellor used her speech to define the Labour party in opposition to Reform and the Conservatives, and Shabana Mahmood the home secretary aimed to redefine patriotism in her speech, in hopes of clawing back voters lost to Farage's party.
Meanwhile, Andy Burnham has been making headlines on the fringes.
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The prime minister has described the opposition to Reform UK as “the fight of our times”, but a new poll has also found that Starmer has become the most unpopular PM on record. Meanwhile the spectre of Andy Burnham's leadership bid will not rest. There's a lot for Starmer to prove over the next few days in Liverpool at the Labour Party conference.
Anoosh Chakelian is joined by George Eaton and Ethan Croft.
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Since 2021, billionaire Larry Ellison’s personal foundation has donated or pledged at least £257m to the Tony Blair Institute.
This took the former PM’s think tank to a whole new level: it now has over 900 staff and is working across at least 45 countries.
But who, exactly, does it work for?
Will Lloyd is joined by Peter Geoghegan and May Bulman whose investigation into the TBI was published in The New Statesman this...
Three years ago, Liz Truss announced her “mini”-Budget. Since then, the phrase “crashed the economy” has been used 238 times in the Commons. It can be found just three times in the records before then.
Will Dunn sat down with the former PM for an exclusive interview.
He joins Anoosh Chakelian to discuss Truss's lasting impact on the economy.
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Inside his Manchester kingdom, Labour’s prince across the water outlined his radical blueprint to the New Statesman's editor, Tom McTague.
Tom McTague joins Will Lloyd to discuss the mayor's vision.
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Ed Davey came out swinging at the Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth this week, saying "Reform wants Britain to be like Trump’s America."
He said it was the Lib Dem’s moral duty to defeat Nigel Farage, and warned that over in the US, people are "really fearful for democracy."
Meanwhile, at the UN General Assembly in New York, Trump was firing on all cylinders: describing climate change as the "greatest con job ever", claiming ...
This weekend Keir Starmer announced that the UK has formally recognised Palestine as an independent state. The Prime Minister said, "In the face of the growing horror in the Middle East we are acting to keep alive the possibility of peace and a two-state solution."
Benjamin Netanyahu called the decision “absurd” and “a reward for terrorism”. This week at the UN France, Canada, Australia and others have also officially recognised...
Nigel Farage has escalated Reform’s approach to the deportation of migrants, announcing that his party would abolish indefinite leave to remain should they take power
… and Zarah Sultana drops her legal threats against fellow Your Party founder, Jeremy Corbyn.
Hannah Barnes is joined by Megan Kenyon and Ethan Croft.
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The abolition of the slave trade and of slavery itself in the 19th Century is generally understood to have been instigated by European and American abolitionists.
However, has history overlooked how the enslaved themselves resisted their oppressors?
Author and politics tutor at Oxford University, Sudhir Hazareesingh, has explored these stories of resistance in his new book Daring to be Free.
Sudhir Hazareesingh discu...
The US dollar is about to flood Britain.
American firms have pledged £150bn worth of investment in the UK, the government celebrates this as part of a wider plan to deepen economic ties with the US. But is there a bigger cost? As the pound flows back across the Atlantic, are we slowly but surely becoming American?
Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Andrew Marr and Will Dunn.
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Donald Trump and Keir Starmer have just finished their joint press conference from Chequers, drawing a close to the US president’s state visit.
Andrew Marr and Will Dunn will be joining Anoosh tomorrow on the podcast to discuss what these deals mean for Britain as dollars and pounds wash across the Atlantic Ocean - but today we’re looking at something else frothy, the meltdown of Your Party.
Rachel Cunliffe is joined by...
Zohran Mamdani has upended New York City politics – and potentially revitalised the American left.
Born in Uganda, raised in Manhattan - the socialist mayoral candidate has captivated voters with his viral social media videos and progressive policies. He became the democratic nominee this June, beating political veteran and former governor of New York - Andrew Cuomo - in a tightly fought primary.
If he wins in November ...
Trump is arriving in the UK today for his much anticipated state visit.
Rachel Cunliffe and Will Lloyd look at how it might play out in the aftermath of the emergency debate which took place in parliament this afternoon concerning the appointment of Peter Mandelson.
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This weekend more than 110,000 people from across the country took part in a far-right protest in central London organised by the activist Tommy Robinson - in his words, to “Unite the Kingdom”. This is thought to be the largest nationalist event in decades. St George’s flags flooded the streets, speakers including Katie Hopkins and Elon Musk were projected to the crowds, and an overwhelming anti-muslim narrative shrouded the event.
...Are the Greens ‘anarchists’? Has British politics become Americanised? And why was Theresa May prime minister?
Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Rachel Cunliffe to answer listener questions and explain LARPing to Andrew Marr.
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In power for nearly a decade, Nicola Sturgeon is Scotland’s longest-serving First Minister. She reshaped Scottish politics, leading the SNP through moments of crisis and opportunity, from the 2014 independence referendum to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since stepping down in 2023, Sturgeon has remained a powerful and sometimes polarising figure in public life. She reflects on this in her new memoir, Frankly.
She joins Anoosh Chakelian...
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