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.
Episodes to download
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The Rachel de Souza One
Fri 14 May 2021
The Children鈥檚 Commissioner on schools, online safety and Aristotle
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The Len McCluskey Election Special One
Fri 7 May 2021
The Unite General Secretary on Hartlepool, Starmer鈥檚 鈥榝ailure鈥� and football
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The Jonathan Reynolds One
Fri 30 Apr 2021
The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary on Labour, autism and Sunderland FC
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The Justin Welby One
Fri 23 Apr 2021
The Archbishop of Canterbury explains why he gets involved in politics
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The Alistair Carmichael One
Fri 16 Apr 2021
The longest-serving LibDem MP on island life, beef farming and the perils of nationalism
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The Jeane Freeman One
Thu 8 Apr 2021
Scotland鈥檚 Health Secretary on her journey from communism via Labour to the SNP
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The Nadhim Zahawi One
Thu 1 Apr 2021
The vaccines minister on fleeing Iraq, losing and making money, and Shakespeare
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The Kwasi Kwarteng One
Fri 29 Jan 2021
The new Business Secretary on deregulation, his 鈥楽unday鈥� name, and views of Empire
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The Michelle O'Neill One
Thu 21 Jan 2021
Northern Ireland鈥檚 Deputy First Minister on Joe Biden and her Irish Republican childhood
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The Mark Sedwill One
Fri 15 Jan 2021
The former Cabinet Secretary on handling crises and speaking frankly to the PM
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The Jake Berry One
Fri 18 Dec 2020
The Tory MP on a year of heartbreak and his ambitions for the North
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The Kate Green One
Fri 11 Dec 2020
The Shadow Education Secretary on abolishing Eton and reforming the honours system.
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The Steve Rotheram One
Fri 4 Dec 2020
The Liverpool Metro Mayor dicusses covid, Hillsborough and class politics
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The Kemi Badenoch One
Fri 27 Nov 2020
The Equalities Minister on racial inequality and loving Mrs Thatcher
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The Si芒n Berry One
Fri 2 Oct 2020
The Green Party co-leader on loving wildlife and the future of Green politic
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The Simon Coveney One
Fri 25 Sep 2020
The Irish Foreign Minister on his Anglo-Irish roots and hopes for a Brexit deal
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The George Eustice One
Fri 18 Sep 2020
The Environment Secretary on Cornwall, Brexit and the price of fish fingers.
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The Anneliese Dodds One
Fri 11 Sep 2020
The Shadow Chancellor on her Presbyterian roots, protests and saying 鈥榥o鈥�
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The Douglas Ross One
Fri 4 Sep 2020
The Scottish Tory leader on refereeing, dairy farming and the future of the Union
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The Layla Moran One
Fri 24 Jul 2020
The LibDem MP on liberalism, localism, fat-shaming and the politics of sexuality
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The Th茅r猫se Coffey One
Fri 17 Jul 2020
The Work and Pensions Secretary on her Liverpudlian roots, unemployment and karaoke
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The Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds One
Fri 10 Jul 2020
The shadow home secretary on his village with seven MPs, Nye Bevan's spirit, and his name
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The Mark Regev One
Fri 3 Jul 2020
Israel's former ambassador to the UK on arguing his case and reasons for optimism
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The Neil Ferguson One
Fri 26 Jun 2020
The leading epidemiologist on how science and politics should really work together
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The Robert Buckland One
Fri 19 Jun 2020
The Justice Secretary on loneliness in politics, kneeling and how courts respond to covid
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The Maro Itoje One
Fri 12 Jun 2020
The England rugby player on racism, Black Lives Matter, statues and finding middle ground
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The Arlene Foster One
Fri 5 Jun 2020
Northern Ireland's First Minister on the Troubles, Brexit and singing in church
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The Jonathan Sumption One
Fri 29 May 2020
The former Supreme Court justice on being a libertarian and why lockdown is 'despotic'
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The Jeremy Hunt covid one
Fri 22 May 2020
Jeremy Hunt talks about making mistakes, learning from Asia and the trials of family life
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