What is Rishi Sunak’s plan to win back voters? Why has Putin removed his ally as Russia’s defence minister? Has Labour’s embrace of a defecting Tory MP backfired? This week, Alastair is joined by former Lord Chancellor and Conservative MP, David Gauke, to answer all these questions and more.
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209. Question Time: What happens when privatisation goes wrong?
208. History's warning to Labour, the Post Office scandal, and Bangladesh's battle for power
207. Question Time: Fighting British corruption, Japan's economic conundrum, and a Premier League team in Belfast
206. How to fix the honours system, chaos in the Red Sea, and Taiwan at a crossroads
205. How to combat populism, debating Bill Gates, and David Cameron on the world stage (Part 2)
204. Scotland's pivotal role, the moment everything changed, and whether to serve under Starmer (Part 1)
203. Question Time: How dangerous is Giorgia Meloni?
202. How Labour should fight the election, taking on the British press, and Orbán's future far-right axis
201. Question Time: Could the Tories remove Rishi Sunak?
200. The Israeli settler movement, Ukraine blockaded, and Putin's perpetual power
199. Question Time: Why the infected blood scandal still haunts today’s politics
198. King Charles on the world stage, Argentina's Brexit, and the real Henry Kissinger
197. Question Time: Should Labour be bolder on Brexit?
196. Why are the far-right on the rise?
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195. Question Time: Is Sunak's Rwanda plan doomed to fail?
194. Autumn statements, Putin's progress, and why advertisers are pulling out of X
193. What makes the Tory right so powerful?
192. What David Cameron’s return means for Israel-Gaza
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