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  • Can Labour win the next election?

    Can Labour win the next election?
    Jun 20 2025

    Our listeners ask: Do Labour have a realistic chance of winning the next election, and can Reform become a party for all regions of the UK?


    Also in the show, another listener asks how much is being done, or ever really has been, over the issue of class in British society and politics?


    Anoosh Chakelian is joined by George Eaton and Rachel Cunliffe.


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    17 mins
  • Will Starmer back Trump on Iran?

    Will Starmer back Trump on Iran?
    Jun 19 2025

    Anoosh Chakelian is joined by George Eaton, Freddie Hayward and Rachel Cunliffe to discuss the fast moving situation in the Middle East, how the UK Government is wrangling with an unpredictable US President and also unpick the news of a new national inquiry into grooming gangs.



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    26 mins
  • Isreal vs. Iran: what next? | Professor of War Studies, Lawrence Freedman, on the Isreal-Iran conflict.

    Isreal vs. Iran: what next? | Professor of War Studies, Lawrence Freedman, on the Isreal-Iran conflict.
    Jun 17 2025

    Is there a route to de-escalation between Israel and Iran?


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    On Friday, the 13th of June, Israel launched a surprise attack on multiple targets across Iran. Israel strikes hit missile sites and nuclear facilities, and more recently also targeted Iranian state tv.


    The two nations have subsequently traded missile attacks over the following days, an escalation to the conflict, which is now the biggest between these two longstanding adversaries.


    New Statesman editor Tom McTague meets Lawrence Freedman, Professor Emeritus of War Studies at King's College London, to discuss the conflict between Israel and Iran.


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