Political Thinking with Nick Robinson
BBC Radio 4
Nick Robinson has a conversation with, not an interrogation of, the people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs.
Episodes
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Dec 10, 2021 • 47min
The Liz Truss Foreign Secretary One
The Foreign Secretary on the ‘network of liberty’, those Mrs Thatcher-styled photoshoots and being too busy to hold Christmas parties
Dec 3, 2021 • 43min
The Chris Bryant One
The Chair of the Commons Standards Committee on upholding the rules, being gay and why he could never have been 007
Nov 26, 2021 • 49min
The Keir Starmer Opposition Leader One
The Labour leader on his family, the migrant boats crisis and why Boris Johnson makes him angry
Oct 1, 2021 • 38min
The Nick Carter One
The Chief of the Defence Staff discusses the lessons learned in Iraq and Afghanistan, and being kicked out of his school's cadet force for playing golf.
Sep 24, 2021 • 36min
The Rachel Reeves One
The Shadow Chancellor on learning from Labour’s defeats, playing aggressive chess and that ‘boring snoring’ Tweet
Sep 17, 2021 • 45min
The Sajid Javid Health Secretary One
The Health Secretary on the reshuffle, health inequalities after the pandemic and a missing pair of scissors
Sep 10, 2021 • 34min
The Jeffrey Donaldson One
The DUP leader on his fear of further unrest in Northern Ireland, what he learned from Boris Johnson and the Mountains of Mourne
Sep 3, 2021 • 30min
The Tom Tugendhat Afghanistan One
The Foreign Affairs Select Committee Chair on shame, Afghanistan and Global Britain
Jun 25, 2021 • 43min
The Oliver Dowden One
The Culture Secretary on culture wars, suburban values, football heritage and treading the boards
Jun 18, 2021 • 42min
The Alok Sharma One
The COP26 President on the ‘decisive decade’ to tackle climate change, why Swampy runs Britain’s boardrooms and being Mr Boring
