Charlotte Gill’s Podcasts Review 1) Nick Robinson with Rachel Reeves, Steven Edginton with Jordan Peterson
In this new feature, we look at some of the most memorable podcasts of the last few weeks.
Daniel Hannan: Forget Rayner and ‘scum’. It was Reeves’ interview this week that revealed why Labour is unelectable.
Here, in a nutshell, is why Labour is struggling to make progress. Its obsession with identity politics puts it at odds with the majority of British people.
Tim Montgomerie: Lessons for ideology-free Johnson – and the Conservatives – in ideology-free Merkel’s legacy. And her party’s fate.
Political popularity appears to be broad and sustained but, when eventually it is exhausted, the falling away of support is dramatic.
Emily Carver: The EU’s botched vaccine rollout showed the limits of the precautionary principle. Global Britain, take note.
The Government should implement a binding innovation principle to unleash the UK economy.
James Frayne: Johnson need not abandon the Tory commitment to enterprise to deliver levelling up
Within the party, policies of the free market feel old school – and the language associated with it even more so.
Richard Holden: The Chancellor’s coming Budget should cut high marginal tax rates. More work should mean more reward.
A basic rule of thumb comes to mind and seems universally accepted: you should be able to keep at least half of every extra pound you earn.
Peter Franklin: Ten reasons why Labour isn’t dead yet
If Conservatives don’t take the Opposition seriously, one can hardly blame them. And yet that could prove to be a big mistake.
David Gauke: Sunak’s options for a Budget windfall. Lower debt, tax cuts and higher spending. Which will he choose?
The Chancellor will have have more money to play with than was forecast. How he uses these additional resources will tell us a great deal about his priorities.
Henry Hill: SNP intransigence should not be allowed to cost Scotland a freeport
The proper response to separatist stonewalling is doubling down, not backing down, on positive, pro-active British policymaking.
Stephen Booth: So you thought Global Britain meant nothing much? Think again as AUKUS takes shape.
One of the major question marks against Brexit was whether it would see the UK lose its influence over global affairs. This alliance suggests no.
Ben Roback: AUKUS shows that delivering ‘global Britain’ creates losers as well as winners
There are many areas, not least small boats in the Channel, where the UK needs a strong working relationship with France.
Robert Halfon: Reshuffles. The soreness of being sacked. And how to bounce back.
As a Committee Chair, you can campaign for the things you believe in, speak to the media more freely – and still get things done.
Ryan Bourne: Housing. Gove is poised to dump radical supply side reform. And subsidise younger peoples’ mortgages instead.
Faced with political resistance, the Conservative Party seems to be abandoning not just the policy but its understanding of the problem.
Bim Afolami: After the reshuffle, back to the future – NHS queues, rising energy bills, and higher prices
For all the focus elsewhere, the most important domestic department for the next two years will be the Department of Health.
Sarah Ingham: “Yes Please” to Nuclear Power
The only way the circle of net zero can be squared with reliable, carbon-free and cheap supply is by embracing home-grown nuclear power.