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 Anneliese Dodds One
Fri 11 Sep 2020
The Shadow Chancellor on her Presbyterian roots, protests and saying ‘no’
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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 Thérèse 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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The Mark Drakeford One
Fri 15 May 2020
Wales's First Minister on tackling the virus, working with Boris & digging the allotment
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The Richard Horton One
Thu 7 May 2020
The editor of the Lancet on what he sees as corruption in the politics of science
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The new Keir Starmer one
Mon 6 Apr 2020
Labour's new leader Keir Starmer on his upbringing and core values (recorded 2018)
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The Rosena Allin-Khan One
Fri 13 Mar 2020
The Labour deputy leadership candidate on coronavirus and that Love Actually video
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The Rebecca Long-Bailey One
Fri 6 Mar 2020
The Labour leadership candidate on her Mancunian roots and raising her eyebrows
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The Ian Murray One
Fri 28 Feb 2020
The Labour deputy leadership candidate on uniting Blair and Brown and saving Hearts FC
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The Inside Story of Election 19 One
Mon 17 Feb 2020
A bonus episode, with Anne McElvoy's behind-the-scenes account of the 2019 election
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The What Does Boris Johnson Really Think One
Fri 7 Feb 2020
Pragmatist, libertarian or cakeist? Nick explores the roots of Boris Johnson's opinions
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The Nigel Farage Brexit Day One
Fri 31 Jan 2020
Nigel Farage on what he learnt as a City trader and how he changed the last election
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The Andy Street One
Thu 30 Jan 2020
The Mayor of the West Midlands on HS2 and how John Lewis influenced his politics
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The Nicky Morgan One
Thu 23 Jan 2020
The Culture Secretary on why she's quitting frontline politics and the future of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ
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The Lisa Nandy One
Fri 17 Jan 2020
The Labour leadership candidate on political stock, reviving towns and a love of Britney
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The Ben Wallace One
Fri 20 Dec 2019
The Defence Secretary on getting his house in order and why the PM is a 'left-wing Tory'
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The Prime Ministerial Debate One
Sat 7 Dec 2019
A special edition with audio of Boris Johnson v Jeremy Corbyn
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The General Election One with Bartley and Hancock
Wed 4 Dec 2019
Jonathan Bartley on why he's a Green and Matt Hancock on the future of the Conservatives
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The General Election One with Gwynne and Curtice
Wed 27 Nov 2019
Labour's Andrew Gwynne on Waspi women and darts, John Curtice on polls and haircuts
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The General Election One with Price and Cherry
Thu 21 Nov 2019
Adam Price and Joanna Cherry on their personal and political ambitions
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The General Election One with Tice and Ummuna
Thu 14 Nov 2019
Chukka Ummuna and Richard Tice on big political risks, loyalty and election high stakes.
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