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Guardian columnist John Harris, political editor Pippa Crerar, and policy editor Kiran Stacey analyse the week's politics news

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Monday · 18 min
Cop31: will Andy Burnham choose climate or cost of living?
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss whether Andy Burnham can prioritise the cost of living over the climate for much longer
Saturday · 1 hr 3 min
Why Woke 2.0 is taking on Trump and establishment politics | Nesrine Malik | Radical Thinking podcast
On the latest episode of Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty, Nesrine Malik talks about where never-ending culture wars in the west and real wars in the Middle East have left people of colour.
Thursday · 29 min
What can Andy Burnham learn from the ‘blue wave’ in the US?
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss the impact of the US midterm results on the UK
November 2 · 20 min
Why is Labour risking a row over migration?
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss the political context to Shabana Mahmood’s controversial migration plans
October 31 · 47 min
Why politicians chasing economic growth is a lie | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty
On the latest Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty, the rebel economists Karel Williams and Sukhdev Johal explain why they believe praying for growth is a fool’s dream – and why it won’t improve your life
October 28 · 24 min
Will Healey’s budget tackle the cost of living?
Pippa Crear and Kiran Stacey explain all the important announcements in today’s budget
October 26 · 20 min
What makes Andy Burnham think Britain can rejoin the EU?
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss Burnham’s latest EU pitch to the public
October 24 · 47 min
“Culture is stagnant, so politics is stuck” – playwright James Graham | Radical Thinking
Are we doomscrolling our way into a democratic crisis? That’s what the playwright James Graham fears may be happening, as he suggests that our algorithms have led us into ‘a massive crisis of the new’ and are preventing us from imagining a different future
October 22 · 19 min
Rosebank row: will Labour block the oilfield?
Jessica Elgot and Alexandra Topping discuss the potential divisions over the Rosebank oilfield
October 19 · 20 min
Who is Alan Milburn and will he get young people back to work?
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss Alan Milburn’s plans to help young people into work
October 17 · 57 min
‘Austerity is inevitably painful’: How Michael Gove justifies his politics | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty
In the latest episode of Radical Thinking, the Conservative stalwart Michael Gove joins Aditya Chakrabortty to discuss the future of the right, his record on Brexit and austerity, and the Spectator’s position on Islam
October 15 · 19 min
Is Andy Burnham in hot water over Manchester City?
Kiran Stacey and Peter Walker discuss how the Manchester City scandal might affect Andy Burnham
October 12 · 24 min
Was Burnham right to talk about Russian interference in Brexit?
Pippa Crerar and Jessica Elgot discuss Andy Burnham’s claims about Russian interference
October 10 · 50 min
‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor speak to Radical Thinking, a new series from the Guardian with Aditya Chakrabortty
October 9 · 17 min
Did the Zionism row lose it for Zack Polanski?
Peter Walker and Lexy Topping discuss Zack Polanski’s leadership after he lost the Holborn and St Pancras byelection
October 7 · 40 min
M&S Kemi: can the Tory leader win over core vote?
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss Kemi Badenoch’s big tax pitch to the public
October 5 · 24 min
Why Kemi Badenoch embraces being the leader of the ‘nasty party’
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey look at Kemi Badenoch’s leadership of the Conservative party before her conference speech on Wednesday
October 3 · 52 min
'There’s no such thing as democracy': Yanis Varoufakis | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty
Who is really in charge? The people or the markets? Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis
September 29 · 14 min
Burnham’s triple lock gamble
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey assess Andy Burnham’s big, emotional pitch to the country
September 28 · 28 min
‘They will bow’: energy secretary challenges Reform and Tories
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey interview energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh live at Labour conference in Liverpool

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