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There is deep support in Ireland for the Palestinian cause. But why? And is Ireland truly an outlier in its attitudes to Palestine and Israel? Academics Miceal Canavan and Liam Kneafsey surveyed over 1,500 people to gauge attitudes, investigate the origins of this support and ask ...  Show more

Jack Horgan-Jones and Ellen Coyne join Hugh to look back on the week in politics:Simon Harris has lobbied the European Commission over the prospect of Ireland's Central Bank once again being responsible for approving Israeli state bonds. Opposition parties have said the bonds are ...  Show more

The former Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar announced this week he won't be contesting the next election and will be retiring from front line politics aged just 45. We look back on the career of an early starter and a man who broke a number of big taboos in Irish polit ...  Show more

Daniel Finkelstein - sitting in for Matt Chorley - speaks to former Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable, and gets the results of the leadership contest, live.<hr>

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Half a dozen Tory leadership candidates remain.As the number of candidates in the race to be the next PM is reduced, Chris looks at who’s in front, and who could pick up votes in the next few days. Also, Laura is back in the studio to chat about her latest Panorama: The Downfall ...  Show more

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has flipped 15 previous holdouts, making the speaker’s gavel within reach. CNN's Political Director David Chalian explains why McCarthy is confident he’ll cross the finish line when the House reconvenes tonight. Plus, President Joe Biden commemorat ...  Show more