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Political Fix

by Financial Times

The Financial Times takes you into the corridors of power to unwrap, analyse and debate British politics with a regular lineup of FT correspondents and informed commentators. New episodes available every Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

103 episodes
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1
The case for keeping Starmer
37:38 Mar 27, 2026
2
Introducing Untold: Opus Dei
1:09 Mar 23, 2026
3
Angela’s ambitions
40:13 Mar 20, 2026
4
Mandelson mess and Middle East U-turns
36:08 Mar 13, 2026
5
Iran shock for Starmer
35:18 Mar 6, 2026
6
Green grief for Starmer: by-election special
31:57 Feb 27, 2026
7
Farage against the machine
36:59 Feb 20, 2026
8
Mandarin mayhem
31:19 Feb 13, 2026
9
Mandelson, money - and the risk to the prime minister
34:16 Feb 6, 2026
10
Chinese whispers — at home and abroad
36:40 Jan 30, 2026
11
When the ‘special relationship’ isn’t so special
35:22 Jan 23, 2026
12
Disloyalty and defection: the Tory-Reform psychodrama
34:33 Jan 16, 2026
13
Trump trouble: Starmer's tricky start to 2026
34:12 Jan 9, 2026
14
Swamp Notes: Is the US economy really K-shaped?
19:04 Jan 2, 2026
15
Quizmas special: Political Fix’s 2025 nerd-out!
50:05 Dec 19, 2025
16
Political Fix Live: Labour’s year in review
38:01 Dec 12, 2025
17
Deals, donations and damage limitation
39:34 Dec 5, 2025
18
Bonus: What does the 2025 Budget mean for your money?
53:33 Dec 1, 2025
19
Budget bonanza: tax highs and growth lows
39:53 Nov 28, 2025
20
Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Defying death
1:30 Nov 24, 2025
21
Boats and the Budget: the battlelines are drawn
34:28 Nov 21, 2025
22
Is Starmer’s leadership on the line?
32:09 Nov 14, 2025
23
To tax, but who to tax, that is the question
34:49 Nov 7, 2025
24
Reeves’ £30bn treasure hunt
33:44 Oct 31, 2025
25
Budget, boats and a by-election
28:43 Oct 24, 2025
26
Britain: a beacon of economic stability?
33:12 Oct 17, 2025
27
Introducing Untold: Toxic Legacy
2:16 Oct 14, 2025
28
Has Kemi Badenoch silenced the critics?
34:57 Oct 10, 2025
29
Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Mission to Mars
1:40 Oct 6, 2025
30
Labour’s conference comeback?
36:27 Sep 30, 2025
31
Does Starmer have a northern problem?
32:16 Sep 26, 2025
32
Trumpery, pageantry and the ‘special relationship’
41:05 Sep 19, 2025
33
Starmer in a spin as the ‘Dark Lord’ bites the dust
31:21 Sep 12, 2025
34
Bonus ep: How the UK is navigating the Trump era
31:45 Sep 9, 2025
35
Rayner, Reeves and Reform
32:26 Sep 5, 2025
36
Farage, flags and the ghosts of Labour’s past
32:47 Aug 29, 2025
37
The mess in the NHS
35:42 Aug 22, 2025
38
Starmer's superpower: soft power?
27:53 Aug 15, 2025
39
Introducing Swamp Notes: The real cost of gutting USAID
19:04 Aug 8, 2025
40
Why Starmer changed his mind about Palestinian statehood
35:31 Aug 1, 2025
41
One year in opposition
34:58 Jul 25, 2025
42
The Afghan files: the inside story on the catastrophic leak
33:12 Jul 18, 2025
43
Resetting Franco-British relations: the cross-channel contract
28:23 Jul 11, 2025
44
A year of Keir
37:29 Jul 4, 2025
45
Starmer’s welfare woes
35:10 Jun 27, 2025
46
Starmer on standby
27:10 Jun 20, 2025
47
Reeves sets Labour’s course – but what will it deliver?
34:49 Jun 13, 2025
48
Facing down a fiscal firestorm
28:51 Jun 6, 2025
49
Coming soon: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange
2:08 Jun 4, 2025
50
Who’s afraid of Nigel Farage?
35:19 May 30, 2025
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