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Is this the election that makes Nigel Farage unstoppable?

Are voters about to hand Nigel Farage his biggest win yet? Reform are polling in second place in Scotland, and while Farage’s party might not win in May, could the result change politics in the UK as we know it?This podcast was recorded on Thursday morning before the news that Pe ...  Show more

Could the UK sleepwalk into Trumpian politics?

The world is reeling, thanks (again) to US President Donald Trump -who started his week by threatening to kill a “whole civilisation”... and is ending it by insulting his NATO allies. It’s left Harriet asking just how Trump got to be so out of control - and how did the checks and ...  Show more

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