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Anoosh Chakelian and the New Statesman team discuss the latest in British politics

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01:03:26

The biggest stories of 2025

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2025/12/28

As 2025 draws to a close Anoosh Chakelien joined by the New Statesman's associate political editor Rachel Cunliffe, and editor in chief Tom McTague to discuss the biggest domestic and international stories of the year. Daily Politics will return on 1 January 2026.

38:59

Merry quizmas!

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2025/12/25

How did Trump's tariffs affect the price of Labubus? Which bear was voiced by Volodymyr Zelensky? And what, crucially, did Katy Perry describe California girls as? Join the New Statesman team for our quiz of the year!

30:18

The greatest aviation disaster that didn't happen

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2025/12/22

Months before 9/11, a passenger seized control of a Boeing 747 and nearly crashed it into the Sahara. Everyone survived - including a curious ensemble of famous passengers - but no one quite recovered. Kate Mossman tells the story of Flight 2069 to Oli Dugmore.

40:10

Predictions for the year ahead

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2025/12/19

Is the New Statesman too soft on Wes Streeting? Are the Lib Dems an unserious party? Plus our journalists make their predictions for what will happen in 2026, and listen back to their guesses from last year… Oli Dugmore is joined by Anoosh Chakelian and Rachel Cunliffe.

23:07

Misogyny is a "national emergency"

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2025/12/18

After being pushed back not once, not twice, but three times, the government's long-awaited strategy to halve violence against women and girls has been revealed. Measures include training teachers to spot signs of misogyny in the classroom and police forces introducing specialist rape and sexual offence investigation teams. But do they go far enough? Rachel Cunliffe joins Luke O'Reilly.

27:26

Jimmy Lai's Hong Kong show trial

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2025/12/17

Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong's most famous media tycoon and a British citizen, could be sentenced to life in prison. What does his case say about the political climate in Hong Kong, and how might it affect relations between the East and West? Oli Dugmore is joined by Katie Stallard.

20:01

Can Andy Burnham be the next Prime Minister?

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2025/12/16

Speculation surrounding a leadership challenge to Keir Starmer is rife. Andy Burnham, Manchester Mayor, is in the mix as a challenger. But can he find the necessary seat in parliament, and what hurdles does he face? Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Ethan Croft and George Eaton to discuss.

32:09

Are Jews safe?

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2025/12/15

The "evil" mass shooting at Bondi Beach was the latest in a rising number of antisemitic attacks. 16 people died in the attack in Sydney, Australia. They were Jews who had gathered to celebrate the first night of Chanukah. Among them, a holocaust survivor and a ten-year old girl. Antisemitic attacks are on the rise. In this year to September, Australia recorded 1654 anti-semitic incidents. That's three times higher than any year before the war in Gaza. Here in the UK, Jews faced over 1,500 attacks

18:34

You asked, we listened ... to Liz Truss' podcast

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2025/12/12

In this week's episode of You Ask Us, one listener wonders, is the media infatuated with Zack Polanski? And another challenges our journalists to listen to the Liz Truss podcast. You ask, we deliver. Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Rachel Cunliffe.

28:43

Wes Streeting is "pretty frustrated, tbh"

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2025/12/11

Wes Streeting denied plotting to oust Keir Starmer. Ailbhe Rea met the Health Secretary to learn what he's really thinking. *** Ailbhe writes: Labour is in danger of presenting itself as the "maintenance department for the country", he says. "The problem with that kind of practical, technocratic approach is that if someone else comes along and says, 'Well, I've got a maintenance company too, and mine's cheaper,' why wouldn't people go, 'OK, well, we'll give that maintenance team a try'?" He

41:41

Natalie Fleet MP: I won't report my rape

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2025/12/10

If you are raped in London today, you could be waiting until 2030 for a trial. Justice secretary David Lammy has stated that 60 per cent of rape victims drop their cases whilst waiting for the trial. Rape Crisis estimates 1 in 6 women go to the police. Oli Dugmore is joined by Labour MP Natalie Fleet, who has written for the New Statesman on the fight for justice for victims of rape.

27:39

Nigel Farage wants to be American

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2025/12/09

Why does the Reform leader spend so much time in the US? Freddie Hayward has been speaking to him to find out. -- Winston Churchill had an American mother. Boris Johnson was a dual citizen. But if Nigel Farage makes it to Downing Street, he'll have closer ties to the US than any other British PM. That's the argument of our correspondent Freddie Hayward, who joins Oli Dugmore on Daily Politics. He's been speaking to Farage and the MAGA figures he calls friends to find out how the Reform leader

41:42

Labour's Green attacks are misfiring

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2025/12/08

Keir Starmer described Green party policy as "nuts" and "dangerous" in an interview with the Observer yesterday. But is he underestimating one of Labour's biggest threats? And is Starmer alienating a generation of young voters who might run into the arms of Zack Polanski? Rachel Cunliffe is joined by George Eaton and Will Dunn.

29:17

Is Labour still Labour?

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2025/12/06

Is the Labour Party still holding true to its founding principles? Have we lost trust in the police? Are we in a recession? Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Luke O'Reilly and Rachel Cunliffe to answer your questions.

28:52

Labour's polling nightmare

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2025/12/05

A recent result from pollsters Find Out Now has put Labour support at just 14%, behind Reform, the Tories and the Greens. Just how bad are these polling numbers for Labour? Oli Dugmore is joined by the New Statesman's senior data journalist and polling expert Ben Walker to discuss.

36:11

Angela Rayner vs. Wes Streeting: has the next...

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2025/12/04

Four senior Labour politicians are on manoeuvres. Ailbhe Rea reveals who's in the running to replace Keir Starmer. -- Keir Starmer has become desperately unpopular. All eyes now are looking towards the May 2026 local elections. A disappointing performance by Labour could prompt the Prime Minister to resign. And senior Labour figures are already positioning themselves to replace him. Ailbhe Rea and Rachel Cunliffe join Anoosh Chakelian to explore the most likely candidates, and the impact their

27:49

Whose party is it anyway?

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2025/12/03

After months of deliberation it's been decided, it's not our party, it's not their party, it's Your Party. This weekend, thousands of the new left party's delegates flooded into a conference centre in Liverpool to try and decide the future life and fate of the movement. But in keeping with the last 5 months of trials and tribulations, in-fighting and spats between the co-founding camps of Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn, things didn't run smoothly. Is it his party? Or her party? And is this

23:49

Our justice system is leaking from the sides

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2025/12/02

In the past three weeks, 12 prisoners have been accidentally released - Justice Secretary David Lammy announced this morning. This is in addition to the 91 who've also been mistakenly freed in England and Wales in the last six months. It's fair to say, the justice system is in a bad way - leaking from the sides. Trying his best to mop this up, Lammy also announced today that jury trials in England and Wales should be scrapped except for in extreme cases. Oli Dugmore is joined by Rachel

29:56

Keir Starmer is in denial

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2025/12/01

Keir Starmer has backed Rachel Reeves – but the Prime Minister has miscalculated. After weekend front pages accused the Chancellor of lying about the "fiscal black hole" which, Reeves says, necessitated last week's tax-and-spend budget, the PM has given a speech supporting Reeves and saying he's "proud" of the budget. Meanwhile polling reveals a majority believe "the cost of living crisis will never end", and see no hope for improvements in their immediate future. Tom McTague and Rachel Cunliffe

24:11

Labour U-turn again, this time on employment rights

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2025/11/29

Another bit has fallen off Labour's car as its MPs flee Westminster and bid a hasty retreat to their constituencies. This time, Labour has been accused of breaking another manifesto promise by pulling a major one eighty on workers rights. Oli Dugmore is joined by Ailbhe Rea.

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