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As Keir Starmer clings on to his premiership, there’s one man continuing his victory laps. Nigel Farage’s party Reform UK was the big winner in last week’s local elections, picking up more than 1,450 council seats. So, what’s behind this? Is this just a blip – or the start of a new phase of British politics?
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Guest: Lara Spirit, deputy political editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producers: Callum Martin, Sophie McNulty.
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Read more: New Reform councillor suspended after racist posts emerge
Further listening: “Keir Starmer couldn’t run a bath.” What next for Labour?
Clips: BBC, Manchester Evening News, LBC, Reform UK, APT.
Photo: Getty Images.
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An extraordinary day in British politics: Keir Starmer vows to fight on, but the resignations keep on coming. How long can the prime minister survive? What's next, and who will move first? Wes Streeting has one shot: will he take it? What is Andy Burnham's plan?
Recorded at Temple Church as part of the Fleet Street Quarter Festival of Words.
Hosts:
Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson
Executive producer: Molly Guinness
Picture credit: Getty Images
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Republican voters across the United States are rejecting ultra-processed foods, marking a striking political and cultural shift. But, how did the ‘bread basket of America’ get so ultra-processed in the first place? And is this the moment Big Food faces a reckoning?
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Guest: Louise Callaghan, Americas correspondent, The Sunday Times
Host: Luke Jones
Producer: Sophie McNulty
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Read more: How Maga fell out of love with fast food
Further listening: The momfluencers embracing ‘Make America Healthy Again’
Clips: Robert F Kennedy Jr. - YouTube, The White House, Fox News, Charles McCall - Instagram, The Internet Archive, US National Archives, Pringles - YouTube.
Photo: Getty Images.
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More than 50 MPs have publicly urged Keir Starmer either to resign immediately or set out a timetable for his departure as PM, after he made a speech this morning attempting to save his premiership after last week’s disastrous election results. So has he done enough to prove the doubters wrong for now?
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Guests:
Host: John Pienaar.
Producer:Edward Drummond, Sandra Mitchell.
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Read more: Rebel MP gathers names calling for resignation
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Labour suffered historic losses in Thursday’s elections, triggering dozens of the party’s MPs to call for Keir Starmer’s resignation. And yet, even with the party in disarray, the PM has so far remained defiant. So, can he survive? And what do the election results tell us about the country’s political future?
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Guest: Aubrey Allegretti, chief political correspondent, The Times
Host: Manveen Rana
Producers: Sophie McNulty, Dave Creasey
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Read more: Challenge Keir Starmer by Monday or I will, Labour MP tells cabinet
Further listening: Reform shake Labour to its core
Clips: BBC, ITN, Times Radio, The Times
Photo: Getty Images.
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Amanda Knox was at the centre of one of the most gruesome murders and sensationalised trials of the 21st century. Accused of killing her flatmate, she transformed into a global media obsession almost overnight. Now, nearly two decades later, she’s turning that experience into an Edinburgh Fringe comedy show. Is it brave, morally questionable, or both?
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Guest: Helen Rumbelow, feature writer, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Dave Creasey.
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Read more: Amanda Knox: Why I’ve turned my life into an Edinburgh comedy show
Clips: ABC, CNN, BBC News, Sky News.
Photo: Getty Images.
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Very few people get to see David Attenborough behind the scenes. Tony Lee Moral did, starting out as a young researcher alongside him at Bristol’s legendary Natural History Unit. As Attenborough turns 100, what's it like to observe him in his natural habitat? Tony reflects on the charm, curiosity, exacting standards and quiet humanity that made him such a remarkable person to work with.
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Read by: Tony Lee Moral.
Producer: Dave Creasey.
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Read more: David Attenborough at 100 — we’ve been lucky to watch him roam this planet
Clips: BBC.
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For now, the Prime Minister Keir Starmer vows to stay as the Reform leader Nigel Farage calls this a “truly historic shift in British politics”.
Steven and Lara caught up at the Times office in Westminster just after 4pm to unpack the results from England’s local council and mayoral elections, alongside national contests in Scotland and Wales, as Reform and the Greens surge and Labour suffer huge losses.
Hosts:
Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson
Picture credit: Getty Images
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In Moscow, preparations are complete for tomorrow’s Victory Day celebrations. This year’s military parade will be pared back amid fears of Ukrainian drone strikes. So as the country marks its biggest celebration in muted style, five years into a grinding war, how are Russians feeling about their government and the economy? And what’s been the true impact of the war in Iran?
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Guest: Alexander Gabuev, director, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Centre.
Host: Rosie Wright.
Producer: Callum Martin.
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Read more: No tanks or missiles at Russia’s scaled-back Victory Day parade
Further listening: The descent into madness under Putin
Clips: YouTube, Times Now World, France24, FreakiAhhMilitary, APT, Daily Express.
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein has been poured over by the press – but what about their relationship with one another? New Times reporting reveals they met for the first time in 1999 at an NSPCC charity event, and continued a mutually advantageous relationship for a decade. So how do the people who brought them together feel about it now? And what can it tell us about how power works in the upper echelons of British society?
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Guest: Hugo Daniel, general news reporter, The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Harry Stott.
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Read more: Revealed: When Andrew first met Peter Mandelson
Further listening: Starmer strikes back over Mandelson vetting scandal
Clips: Getty, The Lost Media Archive / Youtube, ITN.
Photo: Getty Images.
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