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Matt Chorley's Urgent Questions — 151 episodes

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How do you know when the power's gone?

2

What did Lorraine Kelly make of PMQs?

3

Did Brexit break Britain?

4

When will we get a new Prime Minister?

5

Is Andy Burnham on his way to No 10?

6

Did Ken Clarke help England win the 1966 World Cup?

7

How would a World Cup winner tackle PMQs?

8

Should party members have a say on choosing a PM?

9

How hard is it being prime minister?

10

What's Ken Clarke's advice for Keir Starmer?

11

How damaging is John Healey's resignation?

12

What did Phil Wang make of PMQs wanging on?

13

Who did Michael Howard think was best at PMQs?

14

What's Andy Burnham's next move?

15

Why is Harry Shearer making a J. Edgar Hoover musical?

16

Which party has the most donations?

17

Did QI's John Lloyd find PMQs Quite Interesting?

18

What’s wrong with airing your dirty linen in public?

19

What matters in the Mandelson files?

20

Why are next month's by-elections complicated?

21

What can Shed Seven teach us about trading gold?

22

What are voters saying in Makerfield?

23

Has Trump blown it on Iran?

24

What can Starmer learn from Southgate?

25

Why does Tom Allen love suburbia?

26

Is there a parallel universe where the PM is really popular?

27

Why has Bridget Phillipson recruited Gemma Collins?

28

Will Makerfield be the most important by-election ever?

29

Who is fittest to be PM?

30

Is this chaos totally precedented?

31

Has Streeting sparked a Labour civil war?

32

Is Wes Streeting going to challenge the PM?

33

Has Keir Starmer's fightback worked?

34

Is Keir Starmer's job safe?

35

Who are the election winners and losers?

36

Can Trump serve a third term?

37

How can you generate Labour leadership speculation?

38

How seismic could this week's elections be?

39

Why does Sir John Major warn politics is not a gameshow?

40

When should you ring round your allies?

41

What would make British Jews feel safer?

42

How does Morgan McSweeney the man compare to the myth?

43

Should the PM face a sleaze inquiry?

44

What makes a great news theme tune?

45

How do you tell Trump to play Putin?

46

Why did Michael Palin undress as the prime minister?

47

Starmer v Robbins: who won?

48

How intrusive is the vetting process?

49

Can Jeremy Vine answer his own questions?

50

How do you spin a summer of sex?

51

Would a regional accent stop you becoming PM?

52

Does Trump's pastor back his feud with the Pope?

53

Are politicians being dishonest about Brexit and pensions?

54

Did I get around the polls in 80 hours?

55

Is this a bumper car crash interview?

56

Which is the UK's second city?

57

Can I get round the polls in 80 hours?

58

What's it like in No10 when the government falls?

59

Why doesn't the PM answer the question?

60

What happened to Morgan McSweeney's phone?

61

How do MPs deal with a crisis?

62

Does Starmer think the Iran war will end soon?

63

Which PM is top of the pots?

64

How bad are things in the basement of Parliament?

65

What can adman Rory Sutherland teach politicians?

66

What is the psychology of petrol prices?

67

Are we hooked on bailouts?

68

How did Rory Bremner accidentally save John Major?

69

PMQs: Did Gyles Brandreth enjoy the show?

70

Is it mission accomplished in Iran?

71

What can do the Treasury to help with your energy bills?

72

What can Newsnight's first presenter teach its newest?

73

What can Newsnight's first presenter teach its newest?

74

Is Starmer getting the PR right on Iran?

75

What was it like to grow up in Iran?

76

When will you feel better off?

77

Can Starmer keep walking the Iran tightrope?

78

What IS family voting?

79

Is Traitors’ Claudia like the Commons Speaker?

80

Should cameras be removed from the Commons?

81

What are voters saying in Gorton and Denton?

82

How do you become a political big beast?

83

How do you spin a political punch-up?

84

How would Philippa Perry fix Labour's rifts?

85

Do you want a job in Number 10?

86

Has the coup left Keir more secure?

87

What is Dominic Sandbrook's favourite political scandal?

88

Do Labour MPs think Starmer is finished?

89

What did Ross Noble think Keir Starmer was singing?

90

How angry are Mandelson's cabinet colleagues?

91

How much trouble is Peter Mandelson in?

92

How has a century of TV changed our politics?

93

Will Reform crash & burn like the SDP in the 1980s?

94

Did Dara Ó Briain find Deputy PMQs funny?

95

What's the naughtiest thing Shabana Mahmood has ever done?

96

Will Braverman feel at home in Reform?

97

Do Labour MPs want a Burnham comeback?

98

Is there NOW a route to Number 10 for Andy Burnham?

99

Did Trump just de-escalate the Greenland row?

100

Why won't Badenoch kick out Truss?

101

What's Mandelson's Trump advice for Starmer?

102

What's it like to defect from the Tories to Reform?

103

How did the Tories catch "treacherous" Jenrick?

104

What do Labour MPs really think about government U-turns?

105

Where is the UN in a disunited world?

106

Are ex-Tory MPs a help or a hindrance for Farage?

107

What's going on in Greenland right now?

108

Has Wes Streeting got rid of NHS Fax Machines yet?

109

What was Matt Forde’s impression of PMQs?

110

Who is the world's strongest man?

111

Is Venezuela all about oil?

112

Political Time Capsule (Part 2)

113

Political Time Capsule (Part 1)

114

Margaret Thatcher remembered

115

Winston Churchill remembered

116

The 'morning round'

117

What the Butler saw

118

Today in Parliament

119

Richard Dimbleby remembered

120

Which of YOUR jingles does Dermot O'Leary like best?

121

Who will win Matt Chorley's Westminster Christmas Ding Dong?

122

What's wrong with the government's stories, levers and grids?

123

Which Xmas gag made Chris Mason laugh at PMQs?

124

How hard is it for a political spouse?

125

Who would Santa vote for?

126

What REALLY happened at the 2024 election?

127

Is Lapland safe from Putin?

128

Who does Joe Lycett think was the sassiest at PMQs?

129

Why does Ian Hislop hate swearing?

130

Can TikTok save Keir Starmer?

131

Why does Gove think Rayner will be PM next year?

132

What really happens in a leak inquiry?

133

What is Ana Matronic's connection to Oliver Cromwell?

134

Was Brexit worth it?

135

Is everybody missing the point about the budget?

136

What happened to the black hole?

137

How do you avoid photo-ops being at 6s and 7s?

138

Who won the Big Budget Bingo?

139

What happens the night before the budget?

140

Who do Labour members want instead of Keir Starmer?

141

What did cricket teach Rishi Sunak about politics?

142

Does Andy Burnham want to be Prime Minister?

143

Was PMQs a Fast Show for Charlie Higson?

144

What do Kemi Badenoch & Zack Polanski think of each other?

145

How divided is Labour on asylum?

146

How is Griff Rhys Jones rebooting Yes Prime Minister?

147

Spin Class: What's it like in the No 10 bunker?

148

What are Labour MPs texting about the No. 10 coup?

149

Can Donald Trump really sue the BBC for $1bn?

150

What will Rachel Reeves reveal about her budget plans?

151

Introducing… Matt Chorley’s Urgent Questions