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Politics UK Archive Episodes

  1. The First Casuality

    Can Parliament can ever retrieve its reputation?

  2. The End of Consensus

    Will Gordon Brown risk calling an election and might that prevent an economic slump?

  3. Talking with Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor

    Ed Stourton talks to the retiring Archbishop of Westminster

  4. Speak Truth to the People

    Is constitutional reform the answer to the MP's expenses scandal?

  5. Should Labour ditch the Prime Minister?

    Labour's response to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's plummeting popularity

  6. Saving Businesses Big and Small

    Reports on government measures to help the car industry and small businesses

  7. Restoring Public Trust

    Can public trust in the political class ever be restored?

  8. Recession's Winners and Losers

    In the face of recession, is there a crisis of confidence on the political right?

  9. Recession and Rumours

    Is the next recession likely to be a middle class one?

  10. Rebellion at Westminster

    Is Gordon Brown's authority beginning to ebb away?

  11. Reaching the Summit

    Conservative Daniel Hannan argues against the current spend-and-regulate consensus

  12. Progress in Aghanistan?

    Former soldier Rory Stewart challenges politicians' optimism about progress in Afghanistan

  13. Operation Restore Hope

    Can President-elect Barack Obama restore America's world standing?

  14. Northern Ireland: the return of violence

    How much support do the current gunmen in Northern Ireland have?

  15. Muslim First, British Second

    Debating the issue of Islamist extremism within the UK

  16. MPs' Expenses Scandal

    Has this generation of politicians ruined the reputation of Parliament?

  17. Memories of a Recession

    Could the current recession be deeper than that of the 1980s

  18. Maybe, Prime Minister

    Has a good speech at the Labour Party conference secured Gordon Brown's leadership?

  19. Managing Britain

    Can Britain be governed better when so few MPs have management experience?

  20. Liberty versus Security

    Is the country of Habeas Corpus about to lock people up without charge for 42 days?

  21. Is Labour Doomed?

    Would deposing Gordon Brown now save Labour from electoral defeat later?

  22. Iraq War - the assessment

    How will history judge the outcome of one of the most controversial wars in recent history

  23. Inquiry into Iraq War

    The Government announces another inquiry into the Iraq War

  24. Habeas Corpus at risk

    The debate about detaining terrorist suspects for 42 days without charge continues

  25. Gordon Brown's Foreign Policy

    John Maples MP and Vince Cable MP discuss Gordon Brown's changing foreign policy

  26. Gordon Brown Survives

    The fate of the Labour Party under Gordon Brown is debated

  27. Financial Shock Waves

    How vulnerable is the UK to the financial shock waves coming out of Wall Street?

  28. Don't Panic!

    How can the government prove it is in control of the financial crisis?

  29. Do Markets Still Rule?

    Former chancellor Norman Lamont responds to Gordon Brown's banking bail-out

  30. Debts and Taxes

    Economist Mike Denham and tax expert William Naughton assess last week's British budget

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