Trump's final two years: Is the UK ready?
After a Democratic wave in the U.S. midterms, Westminster is wondering whether Trump's domestic setbacks could make him more unpredictable o...
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POLITICO’s weekly political series hosted by Jack Blanchard lifts the curtain on how Westminster really works, offering in-depth insight into the political issues which typically only get br...
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20 of 199 episodesUS midterms: What the blue wave means for Britain
The Democrats have won the Senate and the House, taking control of Congress for the rest of Donald Trump's presidency. On this special episo...
Britain by numbers: everything we don't know about the country
Budgets are all about numbers: growth, inflation, unemployment, headroom. So this week on Westminster Insider, Sascha and Pat look into the...
Who really writes the budget?
Andy Burnham has promised Britain can “hope again”. But with inflation rising, borrowing costs soaring and trillions of pounds of national d...
Are the Brexit wars back?
Customs union, single market, rejoin, second referendum. It's all feeling a little Ground Hog day in Westminster after Andy Burnham reopened...
Labour conference special: Manchester’s new mayor
On a special edition of Westminster Insider from Labour Party conference, Pat and Sascha sat down with the new Mayor of Greater Manchester,...
Football and politics: How to play the game
With England through to the knockout stages of the World Cup and hopes rising that football might finally be coming home, Westminster is wat...
Does being a good mayor make you a good prime minister?
The Greater Manchester mayoralty made Andy Burnham famous. Now he's hoping he can take the approach he developed in the city to the whole co...
Robert Jenrick's plan to take on 'Reform Slayer' Andy Burnham
Makerfield has proved to be the making of Andy Burnham’s bid for the top job, but could it also be the moment that Nigel Farage’s ambitions...
Burnham wins: Inside the Makerfield by-election
Andy Burnham is the new Labour MP for Makerfield, heading for parliament and, likely, Number 10. But what does his momentous win here on the...
Andy Burnham: the man who wants to be PM
In a bonus episode of Westminster Insider, host Sascha O’Sullivan sits down with Jack Blanchard to find out who is the real Andy Burnham. Ja...
What's the point of political protests?
Climate change, Palestine, Brexit, the Iraq War. Westminster has seen it all when it comes to protests, and the inhabitants of Parliament ar...
The Brexit Referendum: Ten years on
Ten years — and six prime ministers — ago Britain was on the brink of voting to leave the European Union. Host Patrick Baker was in his firs...
Why the Conservatives are so cheery: inside the Tory reboot
At the local elections, the Conservative Party lost hundreds of councillors and dozens of seats across England, Scotland and Wales, but Kemi...
How to replace a Prime Minister and get away with it
As Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and former health secretary Wes Streeting jostle for influence in the Labour party, host Sascha O'S...
Starmer’s week from hell: Inside the Number 10 bunker
With Keir Starmer fighting for his political life after the most perilous week of his premiership, the prime minister and his inner circle h...
Defense deals and Thomas Tuchel's chances: inside the new Anglo-German bromance
The Victorians called Britain and Germany “awkward cousins.” These days, Keir Starmer is trying to revive that Anglo-German amity as part of...
Nick Thomas-Symonds: Don't panic, my EU reset plan will work
Despite the war in Iran and its economic consequences preoccupying ministers, much work is going on behind closed doors in Whitehall to stri...
How to fix British politics — with help from around the world
As Westminster rolls into recess, host Sascha O'Sullivan looks at some of the problems which bedevil SW1 from voter disengagement to constan...
ChatG-MP: Inside Westminster's AI revolution
From ChatGPT-written speeches to constituents flooding MPs with AI-generated emails, artificial intelligence has arrived in Westminster. In...