Politics Unpacked

Polling suggests that union members are just as likely to support Reform UK as they are to back Labour. Is Nigel Farage now leader of the 'party of the working class'?

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Libby Purves and Patrick Kidd.
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Is Labour having a policy debate in public healthy for our democracy? What's behind an online conspiracy claiming Vladimir Putin is dead? And have we forgotten the power of a boozy lunch?

Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day with Michael Binyon and Sarah Ditum.

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Tony Blair is said to be "fired up" and poised to escalate his involvement in Labour's leadership race, after being criticised by both Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting.

Why can't the Labour party stop squabbling with itself?

Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day with Jenni Russell and Daisy McAndrew.
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Sir Tony Blair says Labour has “no coherent plan” for the country, attacking the party’s direction under Keir Starmer and its plan to change leader - but does his intervention matter?

Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day with Robert Crampton and Anne McElvoy

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Medical leaders have compared social media to tobacco as pressure grows on Keir Starmer to change his mind and back a ban for under-16s. Will political pressure force another u-turn?

Ed Vaizey unpacks the politics of the day with Charlotte Ivers and Josh Glancy
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