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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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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

    Is China a major threat to British democracy? – Politics Weekly UK

    Is China a major threat to British democracy? – Politics Weekly UK

    Despite pressure from some Conservative MPs, the government stopped short of defining China as an official threat this week. How deep does Chinese interference in the UK go? John Harris speaks to the Guardian’s foreign leader writer Tania Branigan and deputy political editor, Peter Walker. As MPs break for Easter, they also discuss the state of the Conservative and Labour parties. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

    • 35 min
    When will Rishi Sunak’s zombie parliament end? Politics Weekly UK

    When will Rishi Sunak’s zombie parliament end? Politics Weekly UK

    Jeremy Hunt has implied the election will be in October, but even with a boost from falling inflation figures, can Rishi Sunak really hold this zombie government together for the next seven months? And what does Rachel Reeves’s Mais lecture tell us about Labour’s economic vision in these grim times? John Harris is joined by former No 10 director of communications Sir Craig Oliver and Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

    • 33 min
    Frank Hester, the Tory party and racism – Politics Weekly UK

    Frank Hester, the Tory party and racism – Politics Weekly UK

    The Conservative party faces yet another crisis week as a major donor is accused of racism in a Guardian investigation and the MP for the red wall seat of Ashfield, Lee Anderson, announces his defection to Reform UK. The Guardian’s John Harris asks columnist Gaby Hinsliff and political correspondent Kiran Stacey why Rishi Sunak can’t seem to get his house in order. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

    • 34 min
    The Spring Budget: more cuts to come? – Politics Weekly UK

    The Spring Budget: more cuts to come? – Politics Weekly UK

    The Guardian’s John Harris is joined by the former Conservative chief secretary to the Treasury David Gauke and the economist and Labour candidate Miatta Fahnbulleh to go through today’s budget announcements. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

    • 34 min
    The Guardian’s new podcast series about AI: Black Box – prologue

    The Guardian’s new podcast series about AI: Black Box – prologue

    We wanted to bring you this episode from our new series, Black Box. In it, Michael Safi explores seven stories and the thread that ties them together: artificial intelligence. In this prologue, Hannah (not her real name) has met Noah and he has changed her life for the better. So why does she have concerns about him? If you like what you hear, make sure to search and subscribe to Black Box, with new episodes every Monday and Thursday.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

    • 14 min
    Lee Anderson and Tory Islamophobia – Politics Weekly UK

    Lee Anderson and Tory Islamophobia – Politics Weekly UK

    Anderson, a former deputy chair of the Conservative party, has refused to apologise for his comments about the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. But with the Tories refusing to call his remarks Islamophobic, how deep does the problem go? The Guardian’s John Harris talks to the Conservative peer Gavin Barwell and Miqdaad Versi from the Muslim Council of Britain. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

    • 35 min

Customer Reviews

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stokeydigital ,

Insightful episode on Starmer

That was a much better episode with Aletha Adu and Polly Toynbee getting good airtime. I like John Harris a lot and it’s better when he lets the others have space to develop arguments and doesn’t interrupt them as much. I have adhd so can’t help interrupting so I do know how hard it is :)

Whoniverse23 ,

Too many ‘moderate’ Tories

This media fixation with treating people like David Gauke and Gavin Williamson as independent analysts has to stop. The space for new political ideas has become so narrow in the last 14 years that the criteria to judge the performance of the government is overwhelmingly determined by rightwing figures. These people are NOT objective or moderate. They have a vested interest in the Conservatives succeeding and their incredibly caveated criticisms reflect this. I am also tired of listening to John Harris’s tedious contrarian attitude to Labour and Keir Starmer. He doesn’t take the time to listen to Starmer’s thoughtful speeches on social class. As Polly Toynbee so rightly said after the Lab conference, he doesn’t know what he wants.

E.A Marsh ,

Thank you!

Really helpful episode on 22nd Feb explaining the chaos in the House of Commons last night - thanks for breaking it down!

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