Carla Denyer: “Under proportional representation, Labour might split in two”
The co-leader of the Green Party on electoral success, climate spending and voting reform.
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Tony Blair: “If I was back in front-line politics…”
Labour’s former prime minister on the AI revolution, the curse of Brexit and what Keir Starmer must do to win.
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David Blunkett: “Labour needs to be radical but not scary”
The former home secretary on how Keir Starmer can convince voters and what Rachel Reeves is getting right.
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John McDonnell’s last stand
The former shadow chancellor is now the only leading Corbynite with the Labour whip. Can he save the party’s left…
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Kim Leadbeater is championing a kinder, healthier politics
The Labour MP talks about the influence of her sister, Jo Cox, and making well-being a cornerstone of government policy.
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Rachel and Ellie Reeves: “We were constantly underestimated as state-school girls”
In their first joint interview, the Labour frontbenchers and sisters discuss their relationship, class snobbery and battles with the left.
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Wes Streeting: “NHS privatisation could not be further from my aims”
The shadow health secretary on the Labour left, trans rights and the case against outsourcing health services.
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Peter Tatchell: “Politics is bad today, but nothing like Bermondsey”
The human rights activist on what the violence and homophobia of the 1983 by-election teaches today’s left.
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“Too many people are only here for the politics”: Alicia Kearns on leading foreign policy from the backbenches
From Brexit to TikTok, the youngest chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee is making sure her voice is heard.
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Stephen Flynn: “The Tories and Labour are one and the same”
The SNP’s new man in Westminster on the party’s internal divisions, Scotland’s gender bill and Brexit.
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Bridget Phillipson: “Childcare has to be part of a country’s economic strategy”
The shadow education secretary on what the UK can learn from Estonia, snobbery at Oxford and whether she wants to…
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Dave Ward: “Amazon would give its right arm for Royal Mail’s job”
The Communication Workers Union head on postal strikes, universal service and why Labour needs to rebalance the world of work.
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Keir Starmer: “Am I aiming to be just a one-term prime minister? No, of course not”
As the Conservative Party unravels, Starmer is plotting a route to No 10. Is he the radical leader the country…
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Munira Mirza: “The constant briefing at Westminster is corrosive”
Munira Mirza, once known as “Boris Johnson’s brain”, is a liberal contrarian whose views have been widely condemned. But in…
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The real Boris Johnson
The BBC’s Adam Fleming discusses what he learned when making his new podcast series about the UK’s “all vibe” prime…
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Jeremy Hunt: “It’s a rabbit hole to try and change how the NHS is structured”
The former health secretary and 2019 Tory leadership candidate on Blue Wall Toryism, health policy and social care.
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Universities minister Michelle Donelan: “Young people are being conned into courses that don’t deliver”
Are the government’s radical reforms to higher education about protecting students or simply saving money?
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Jack Straw: the Iraq War split the West and aided Putin
The former Labour foreign secretary on the war in Ukraine, how the UK failed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, and why he will…
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“Take back control meant Keep Them Out”: Alf Dubs on how Brexit “poisoned” the UK refugee response
The Labour peer, who escaped to Britain as a child, condemns the “farce” of the UK’s visa rules for fleeing…
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“We are all considering his position”: Scottish Tory Andrew Bowie on the Boris Johnson problem
The MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine on why he had to quit the government and focus on keeping his…
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