Politics Weekly
Political analysis from the Guardian and Observer's top journalists and commentators.
The Alternatives: worker-owned businesses
Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to John Clark, about how instead of selling off his business to the highest bidder, he decided to explore how he could transfer ownership to those with the best interests of the company at heart: its employees. Please support our work and help us keep the world…
Open v closed: the new political divide? – Politics Weekly podcast
Anushka Asthana is joined by Sonia Sodha, Matt Zarb-Cousin and Laura Round to discuss whether British politics has moved beyond a simple left-right division. Plus Stephanie Kirchgaessner reports from Rome on the aftermath of the Italian election. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund…
Corbyn's Brexit and May's big moment – Politics Weekly podcast
Heather Stewart is joined by Jill Rutter, Jennifer Rankin, Dan Roberts and John Harris to discuss a pivotal week for Brexit. Plus Dharshini David on the supremacy of the US dollar as the world’s favourite currency. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund us,…
The Alternatives: German town takes power back from energy giants
Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to Iris Degenhardt-Meister, who is part of a cooperative energy company that runs the electricity grid in Wolfhagen, Germany, and asks Prof Andrew Cumbers from the University of Glasgow if such a model could work in Britain. Please support our work and help us keep the world…
Avoiding a Mad Max Brexit – Politics Weekly podcast
Anushka Asthana is joined by Isabel Hardman, Randeep Ramesh and Tom Kibasi to discuss May’s Brexit ‘awayday’ after a speech from David Davis promising that leaving the EU would not pitch Britain into a Mad Max-style dystopia. Plus: Danny Dorling on Britain’s stalled life expectancy and Matthew D’Ancona on why…
The Alternatives: how a Liverpool suburb upended its housing market
Aditya Chakrabortty hears from Hazel Tilley, a long-time resident of the Liverpool neighbourhood of Granby and now chair of its community land trust. She explains how after decades of neglect from local government, the area took matters into its own hands to provide affordable housing. Please support our work and…
The Brexit war cabinet and women's suffrage – Politics Weekly podcast
Heather Stewart is joined by Aarti Shankar, Anne Perkins and Jennifer Rankin to discuss a Brexit war cabinet at war with itself. Plus Labour’s equalities secretary, Dawn Butler, on 100 years of women’s suffrage and the work still to do. Please support our work and help us keep the world…
Brexit leaks and May in China – Politics Weekly podcast
Rowena Mason is joined by Larry Elliott, Katy Balls and Rafael Behr to discuss the Brexit analysis leaks. Plus Jessica Elgot on Theresa May’s trip to China and Chuka Umunna on bringing together the anti-Brexit tribes. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund us,…
The Alternatives: how Preston took back control
In the first episode of our new mini-series, Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to Preston city councillor Matthew Brown about his alternative approach to keeping wealth in the local economy. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund us, go to https://www.theguardian.com/give/podcast
Have the Conservatives run out of ideas? – Politics Weekly podcast
Heather Stewart is joined by Anushka Asthana, George Freeman MP, Laura Perrins, Matthew D’Ancona and Mark Wallace to discuss the intellectual renewal of the Conservative party amid cabinet bust-ups, and growing murmurs about the race to succeed Theresa May. Plus, Bruno Maçães on his new book The Dawn of Eurasia…
Outsourcing and the Carillion collapse – Politics Weekly podcast
Anushka Asthana is joined by Andrew Adonis, Polly Toynbee, John Crace and Laura Parker to discuss the collapse of Carillion and the changes to Labour’s national executive committee. Plus James Murray, the deputy mayor of London, on getting to grips with the city’s housing crisis. Please support our work and…
May's reshuffle and universal basic income – Politics Weekly podcast
Heather Stewart and Anushka Asthana discuss the cabinet shake-up, plus Sonia Sodha, Torsten Bell and Neal Lawson on the concept of a universal basic income. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund us, go to https://www.theguardian.com/give/podcast
Corbyn's year, digital diplomacy and loneliness – Politics Weekly podcast
Anushka Asthana is joined by Michael Savage, Ellie Mae O’Hagan and Sam Lowe to discuss a year that saw Jeremy Corbyn strengthen his position as Labour leader and confound expert predictions of Labour’s demise. Plus Tom Fletcher on digital diplomacy heading into 2018 and Seema Kennedy and Rachel Reeves on…
Brexit rebels and political books of the year – Politics Weekly podcast
Heather Stewart is joined by Jessica Elgot, Tom McTague, Jess Phillips and Gaby Hinsliff to discuss the government’s defeat on an amendment to the EU withdrawal bill and the political books of the year. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund us, go to…
Review of the year – Politics Weekly podcast
Heather Stewart and Anushka Asthana are joined by Anand Menon, Angela Smith, Chris Wilkins, John Crace and a live studio audience to discuss a turbulent year in British politics. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund us, go to https://www.theguardian.com/give/podcast
Trump's tweets and the Irish border – Politics Weekly podcast
Anushka Asthana is joined by Andrew Lilico, Polly Toynbee, Brian Klaas and Brendan Cox to discuss outrage at President Trump’s sharing of anti-Muslim videos. Plus RTE’s Tony Connelly on the Irish border and Brexit. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund us, go to…
Budget 2017: austerity continues – Politics Weekly podcast
Heather Stewart is joined by Larry Elliott, Sonia Sodha and Robert Colvile to discuss the second budget of the year. Plus we hear from Robert Chote – the man responsible for the drastic downward revision to Britain’s economic growth forecasts – and the Resolution Foundation’s Matthew Whittaker. Please support our…
Britain's housing crisis and the Brexit bill – Politics Weekly podcast
Anushka Asthana is joined by Nick Boles MP, Dawn Foster and Ian Mulheirn to discuss the UK’s housing crisis and the return to the Commons of the EU withdrawal bill. Plus Labour MP Tulip Siddiq on her constituent Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who is in prison in Iran. Please support our work…
Tax avoidance – Politics Weekly podcast
Heather Stewart is joined by Juliette Garside, Hilary Osborne, Phillip Inman and Nicholas Shaxson to discuss the industrial-scale tax avoidance revealed in the Paradise Papers leak. Plus Mark Wallace of ConservativeHome on the government’s latest week from hell. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To…
Sexual harassment and 'sleaze' lists – Politics Weekly podcast
Anushka Asthana is joined by Marie Le Conte, Gaby Hinsliff, Ayesha Hazerika and Boni Sones to discuss a wave of sexual harassment scandals in British politics as lists of MPs and their alleged misdemeanours appearing online. Plus Stephanie Kirchgaessner on FBI indictments in the Trump-Russia inquiry. Please support our work…