Daily Politics from the New Statesman cover image

The New Statesman political editors’ reunion: covering Westminster from Thatcher to Sunak

Daily Politics from the New Statesman

00:00

The Tensions Between the Political Editor and the Magazine

Stephen Boulden: "I basically set fire to it with one blog post" In some ways Medi and James are to blame for how intense my job became, he says. But I think there's always that weird tension between providing political intelligence in the column and providing scoops elsewhere," writes Boulden. The Labour Party had moved far to the leadership of the left, but you still had people litigating these teeny tiny differences between Blairism and brownism,.

Play episode from 29:27
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app