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Politics Weekly UK The Guardian
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Guardian political columnist John Harris hosts a cast of voices from up and down the country as well as across the political spectrum to analyse the week’s political news. For US Politics with Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland, make sure to search 'Politics Weekly America' wherever you get your podcasts
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Politics Weekly Westminster: Starmer in the US, Badenoch and the PopCons
The Guardian’s Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey are on two sides of the Atlantic this week. They discuss Keir Starmer’s first foreign trip, and whether the Conservatives can find the soul of their party. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod
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Politics Weekly Westminster: Starmer’s first week
The Guardian’s Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey look ahead to the first week of the new Labour government. Plus, Pippa is going to be in Washington with Keir Starmer on his first foreign trip as prime minister. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod
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Labour wins a landslide: Is this a new dawn? Politics Weekly UK
Labour has won a landslide victory, with Keir Starmer saying ‘change begins now’. Is this a new era for the country? The Guardian’s John Harris is joined by political editor Pippa Crerar and political correspondent Kiran Stacey. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod
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On the road in Redcar: can Labour offer fresh hope?
This week Politics Weekly UK is in Redcar in north-east England, where the seat turned blue in 2019. Steelworks closures hit the region hard, but under a Conservative MP and a Conservative mayor some jobs have been returning. Will the Tories keep the seat or can Labour’s Anna Turley offer fresh hope?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod
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Politics Weekly Westminster: The final week of campaigning
The Guardian’s Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey look ahead to the final week of campaigning before the election. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod
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On the road in Boston: Why is this a Reform UK target?
This week Politics Weekly UK is in Boston, Lincolnshire, to where large numbers of eastern Europeans moved to work as vegetable pickers on farms. In 2016 more than 75% of the town voted for Brexit. The Guardian’s John Harris returns to Boston to find out how far Reform UK’s Richard Tice can capitalise on tensions in the region. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod
Customer Reviews
Great content spoilt by poor production quality
The Guardian has a great political team and I’ve really welcomed the new Westminster Politics Weekly podcast with Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey. However the volume is so variable listening can become a hassle instead of a pleasure. I have just played the latest episode on the first leaders debate and spent most of the half hour trying to find a way of increasing the volume to a comfortable level.
Pippa Crerar
Getting Pippa Crerar to the Guardian is the equivalent of Man City signing Haarland . First Partygate and now Gamblegate. Back of the net!
Well meaning but far too corn and cheese
The Podcast of The Guardian of whom occasion listen to its ‘Today In Focus’ daily podcast, the papers opinion, political cutlural and media stories. Aware of this podcast when was presented by figures of its editors and correspondents. But with John Harris as host a well meaning nice enough polite and mild mannered personality. But one with too much corn and cringe cheesiness of the classic male journalist in Westminster trying to get the mood of what most people think. Rather than reporting on some of the heard hitting political stories of electoral, policing and bill of rights bills, government scandals and the geo-politics of United Kingdom in the post brexit age in a European conflict. There’s too much bantering and joshing of trivial small chat than analysing and telling the stories and journalism that is shaping our politics. This new age of the podcast may need to go back to the drawing room and focus on the strength of the power of good quality journalism. This is most definately lacking the nuance and the balance that the John Harris show lacks.