Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

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Political Thinking with Nick Robinson Podcast

Nick Robinson has a conversation with, not an interrogation of, the people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    The Mick Whelan One

    Mick Whelan is General Secretary of Aslef, the union representing train drivers. He sits down with Nick on the week that his members voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer, bringing to an end two years of strike action. Whelan reflects on growing up in working class West London and being one of a number of 2nd-generation Irish immigrants who have become union leaders in the UK. Producer: Daniel Kraemer

    38 min

  2. 13 SEPT

    The James Cleverly for Leader One

    Why does the former Home Secretary believe he has 'outperformed everyone else on this leadership ticket by a country mile'? How did growing up as a mixed-race boy in London at the height of the National Front shape his politics? And what does the government need to do to improve integration in the UK?

    50 min

  3. 5 SEPT

    The Karim Khan International Prosecutor One

    The Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court sits down with Nick Robinson. Producers: Daniel Kraemer and Jonathan Brunert

    51 min

  4. 26 JUL

    The Liz Kendall One

    Nick Robinson talks to the new Work and Pensions secretary about being at the centre of the Labour government's first row, taking on the scourge of worklessness and how her 2-year-old son is a cure for stress. Producer: Daniel Kraemer

    42 min

  5. 19 JUL

    The Robert Jenrick 2024 One

    Robert Jenrick on what went wrong for the Conservative Party and how to turn it around

    42 min

  6. 12 JUL

    The Pat McFadden in Power One

    Nick Robinson talks to the man at the heart of the new Downing Street government. Producer: Daniel Kraemer

    43 min

  7. 24 MAY

    The Caitlin Moran One

    Bestselling author and columnist talks to Nick Robinson about why, after years of writing about women and girls, she decided to turn her attention to problems with boys and young men with her latest book "What About Men?" Producer: Daniel Kraemer

    25 min

  8. 17 MAY

    The Victoria Atkins One

    After a damning report into maternity services in England, the Health Secretary opens up about her own traumatic childbirth experience in the NHS. Victoria Atkins also speaks to Nick Robinson about a change of tone in dealings with doctors' unions, growing up as child of an MP and what she thought when Natalie Elphicke defected to Labour.

    38 min
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