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Jul 9, 2024 • 20min

Isabel Hilton: Will Britain rejoin the world?

In the post-Brexit years, Britain has become increasingly irrelevant on the global stage. After Thursday's historic election, what can Keir Starmer and David Lammy do to put it back on the map? Senior Editor Alona Ferber is joined by international affairs expert, and Prospect contributing editor, Isabel Hilton to discuss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jul 4, 2024 • 39min

Why I shot my sheep...and other tough choices

This month, the lives writers feel compelled—in their own different ways—to take action in challenging circumstances. Tom Martin has to make the most difficult decision any farmer could face when one of his ewes experiences pain during labour.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jul 2, 2024 • 34min

How many seats will Labour really win? Plus Starmer’s trip hazards

With the country heading to the polls this week, legendary pollster and former president of YouGov Peter Kellner gives his predictions for what the split of seats will look like, while contributing editor Tom Clark explains the six trip hazards he thinks Starmer might face in his first term.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jun 26, 2024 • 33min

Is Britain ready to defend itself? Plus election culture wars

In this week’s episode of the Prospect podcast, Emily Lawford quizzes Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary, University of London, on the gambling scandal, election culture wars and who, out of all the candidates, has had the best campaign so far.  After the break—is Britain ready to for Putin? Ellen Halliday speaks with Malcolm Chalmers, deputy director general of the defence and security think tank Rusi about the nuclear threat, and what the next government might do to ensure a secure future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jun 18, 2024 • 36min

Farage’s manifesto—and behind the scenes on The Muslim Vote campaign

Westminster editor at The Lead UK, Zoë Grünewald, joins the podcast to dissect the Reform party's new “contract with the people”, while Prospect’s editorial fellow Imaan Irfan takes us on a deep dive into The Muslim Vote campaign, a volunteer collective mobilising Muslim voters to elect pro-Palestine third-party and independent candidates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jun 12, 2024 • 41min

The Tory manifesto, and universities in crisis

Assistant editor Emily Lawford introduces Prospect’s election panel—the ultimate group chat of politics nerds from across the spectrum. One of the team, former Number 10 speechwriter Phil Collins, joins to give his take on the Tory manifesto and much more. After, Ellen unpacks the crisis in universities with professor of academic history Glen O’Hara, who explains why they are in such trouble and what it means for students. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jun 5, 2024 • 28min

Rafael Behr: The farce of our electoral politics

As the election campaign whirrs on—media circus in tow—Prospect’s senior editor Alona Ferber is joined by Guardian columnist and author Rafael Behr to look beyond the Westminster bubble and ask: what does the Punch-and-Judy nature of our politics mean for the country, and our democracy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 29, 2024 • 29min

Election kick-off! Sunak, Starmer—and South Africa’s historic vote

On today’s podcast, Ellen Halliday is joined by legendary British pollster Peter Kellner to discuss Sunak’s soggy start and Labour’s “no mistakes” tactics. And calling in from Cape Town, Peter Fabricius, a leading political journalist for the Daily Maverick, explains why the ruling ANC could lose its majority for the first time since 1994—and what the outcome could mean for the South Africa in the world.Read Kellner's column and Fabricius’s feature here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 22, 2024 • 26min

Priyamvada Gopal: What do the Gaza student protests mean for universities?

As a series of encampments have sprung up at universities around the world, what do the Gaza protests tell us about freedom of speech at these often-embattled institutions? Author and Cambridge professor Priyamvada Gopal joins Ellen Halliday to dive beyond the headlines on this divisive story. Read Priymavada's piece here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 16, 2024 • 33min

Prospect Lives: A question of identity

This month, our writers are mulling over questions of identity: Sheila regrets her lifelong habit of judging people by appearances while sex-worker and author Tilly Lawless considers the solidarity that exists between sex-workers and trans-women. OCD sufferer Sarah Collins feels destabilised by her recent birthday, while Anglican Priest Alice Goodman is forced into a new role by her health: that of a hospital patient.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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