Episodes
Saturday Nov 30, 2019
The future of liberal conservatism, with Ryan Shorthouse.
Saturday Nov 30, 2019
Saturday Nov 30, 2019
Ryan Shorthouse of Bright Blue joins Steve, Akash and Martin to catch up on the election and discuss the state liberal conservatism in the Tory party.
Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
Renewing the Centre, with Ian Mulheirn.
Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
Martin and Steve talk to Ian Mulheirn, Executive Director for Renewing the Centre at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. We discuss what it means to be a centrist? What centrists need to do to return to the fray and how they should approach Brexit at this election?
Saturday Oct 05, 2019
Divided nation and the politically homeless, with Paula Surridge.
Saturday Oct 05, 2019
Saturday Oct 05, 2019
Paula Surridge of the University of Bristol joins us to discuss political homelessness, the liberal-authoritarian divide and more. Our regular, and constitution expert, Akash Paun updates on Boris Johnson's Brexit plan and the Supreme Court ruling. And Martin and Steve catch up on the fallout from conference season.
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
A coup or business as usual? Explaining the prorogation.
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
Martin, Akash and Steve talk about Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament and the reaction to it. We also discuss the upcoming Spending Review and the end of austerity politics.
(We're sorry, we had a few problems with the audio, which will be fixed for next time, turning up the volume helps).
Friday Aug 16, 2019
Boris as PM, the constitution and austerity
Friday Aug 16, 2019
Friday Aug 16, 2019
Martin, Akash and Steve disscus the first few weeks of Boris as PM, the constitutional questions around a no deal brexit and the end of austeriy politics.
Friday Aug 16, 2019
What do the Tory and Libdem leadership elections mean for moderates?
Friday Aug 16, 2019
Friday Aug 16, 2019
With leadership votes coming in thick and fast Martin, Akash and Steve talk about the Tory leadership election, and they catch up on the Libdem leadership race as well as the plight of Change UK.
Friday Aug 16, 2019
Centrism after the EU elections
Friday Aug 16, 2019
Friday Aug 16, 2019
Martin, Akash and Steve discuss the fallout from the 2019 EU elections, and what it means to be a centrist in 2019.