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Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

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Sep 26, 2024 • 44min

The Wes Streeting Health Secretary One

The Health Secretary sits down with Nick Robinson at the end of the Labour conference in Liverpool.Wes Streeting reflects on how his family role-models led him to become a political fighter, rebukes those who criticise him for being too gloomy about the NHS, and reveals why an Oasis classic was his kareoke song of choice at the previous night's party.Producer: Daniel Kraemer
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Sep 19, 2024 • 38min

The Mick Whelan One

Mick Whelan is General Secretary of Aslef, the union representing train drivers. He sits down with Nick on the week that his members voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer, bringing to an end two years of strike action.Whelan reflects on growing up in working class West London and being one of a number of 2nd-generation Irish immigrants who have become union leaders in the UK. Producer: Daniel Kraemer
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Sep 13, 2024 • 50min

The James Cleverly for Leader One

Why does the former Home Secretary believe he has 'outperformed everyone else on this leadership ticket by a country mile'? How did growing up as a mixed-race boy in London at the height of the National Front shape his politics? And what does the government need to do to improve integration in the UK?
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Sep 5, 2024 • 51min

The Karim Khan International Prosecutor One

The Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court sits down with Nick Robinson.Producers: Daniel Kraemer and Jonathan Brunert
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Jul 26, 2024 • 42min

The Liz Kendall One

Nick Robinson talks to the new Work and Pensions secretary about being at the centre of the Labour government's first row, taking on the scourge of worklessness and how her 2-year-old son is a cure for stress.Producer: Daniel Kraemer
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Jul 19, 2024 • 42min

The Robert Jenrick 2024 One

Robert Jenrick on what went wrong for the Conservative Party and how to turn it around
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Jul 12, 2024 • 43min

The Pat McFadden in Power One

Nick Robinson talks to the man at the heart of the new Downing Street government.Producer: Daniel Kraemer
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May 24, 2024 • 25min

The Caitlin Moran One

Bestselling author and columnist talks to Nick Robinson about why, after years of writing about women and girls, she decided to turn her attention to problems with boys and young men with her latest book "What About Men?"Producer: Daniel Kraemer
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May 17, 2024 • 38min

The Victoria Atkins One

After a damning report into maternity services in England, the Health Secretary opens up about her own traumatic childbirth experience in the NHS.Victoria Atkins also speaks to Nick Robinson about a change of tone in dealings with doctors' unions, growing up as child of an MP and what she thought when Natalie Elphicke defected to Labour.
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Mar 7, 2024 • 40min

The Emma Little-Pengelly One

Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister talks to Nick Robinson.

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