Show 219 - Liam Byrne

This is an exclusive, the first interview Anas has given since becoming a Minister and a Lord.No stone is unturned as he tells us:What really happened when he called on Keir Starmer to resign.Why Scottish Labour lost so badly.Why he believes there are still legitimate questions t ...  Show more

Simon McCoy is the man who made BBC News funny.He is also an absolute news obsessive. In this fascinating and entertaining interview, he tells us what it was like moving from the BBC to GB News, what frustrated him about covering the Brexit referendum, and the intervention that H ...  Show more

Matt Chorley is joined by former Foreign Secretary and Chief Executive of the International Rescue Committee David Miliband to discuss Lebanon, the refugee crisis and the current state of the Labour Party.<hr>

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Matt spoke to Gary Lineker about exclusive polling for Times Radio showing which job the public thinks is harder - being prime minister, or being a professional footballer. He ...

Matt Chorley is joined by Times columnists Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch to discuss the day's news; Matt takes a look at Keir Starmer's polling with Ben Page from Ipsos MORI, then John Rentoul from The Independent , former advisor to Miliband M ...  Show more

Matt Chorley speaks to Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar about problems for the party and whether they can regain Labour's lost love.

PLUS Melanie Reid and Alex Massie discuss Boris Johnson's leadership and Valentine's Day.