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Politics At Sam and Anne's — 362 episodes

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Why is so much at stake in the May elections?

2

Keir takes charge on Iran contingencies

3

From Tehran to Teesside: Could Starmer run out of energy?

4

The fuel plan ministers don’t want to talk about

5

Rachel Reeves takes back control

6

The cost of war becomes Reeves’ nightmare

7

Is Reeves next on the Rayner hit list?

8

Angela v Shabana: Who will win?

9

Angela cashes in - but at what price?

10

Can Starmer win by defying Trump?

11

The three things keeping Keir Starmer in his job

12

What Starmer doesn’t want to see in the Mandelson files

13

Military chiefs vs the PM

14

Oil spikes: How high is the price of war?

15

The hole in Starmer’s story on Iran

16

UK prepares for war lasting months

17

Spring forecast: Decoding Reeves’ boasts

18

Starmer and Trump trade blows on Iran

19

Why Starmer bowed to Trump on Iran

20

Labour’s disaster: The blame game begins

21

Has the government sealed the fate of the assisted dying bill?

22

Can Starmer conquer Burnham's kingdom?

23

Can Starmer shake off Mandelson’s ghost?

24

Make or break: The SEND reforms Keir Starmer must win

25

Keir’s succession: The field widens

26

Revealed: Starmer’s three near-death moments

27

What did Starmer promise to buy loyalty?

28

Has Streeting painted a target on his back?

29

Can Starmer live without Morgan McSweeney?

30

Starmer: Is there a future?

31

Can Starmer keep Mandelson vetting secret?

32

Is Mandelson already plotting his next comeback?

33

Mandelson fall: A body blow for McSweeney?

34

President Xi vs the Tories

35

Can 'never here Keir' bring back the goods from China?

36

Starmer in China: Will he trigger Trump?

37

Can Starmer withstand the Burnham backlash?

38

Trump climbdown: Has January been a wasted month

39

Farage lobbies Team Trump in Davos

40

Trump unleashes Chagos Bazooka on Keir

41

Why Starmer is saying Trump is wrong

42

Starmer’s three big woes revealed

43

Why is the UK so bad at getting stuff done?

44

Labour MPs vs the Spooks

45

Red on red: How X is upsetting Labour

46

Bridget Phillipson fights back

47

New restrictions: Government plans every driver will care about

48

Why Scottish Labour is telling Keir to stay away

49

Has the threat to Keir Starmer receded?

50

Will 2026 break British politics?

51

Which politician had the best 2025?

52

Who is winning the Washington Ambo race?

53

Is Angela Rayner popular enough to be PM?

54

What the first female head of MI6 really wants

55

Back of the queue: Europe minister keeps Anne waiting in line

56

Has Trump abandoned Starmer?

57

Trump bashes Europe: What will Britain do?

58

Labour together? Who is hastening the PM's downfall

59

Starmer v Putin: Why the deep state is worried

60

Who is behind Farage-Tory pact plot?

61

Why is Keir Starmer talking about Brexit?

62

Keirsplaining the budget: PM to the rescue?

63

The budget's hidden problems revealed

64

Budget 2025: What Rachel Reeves didn’t say

65

What is the positive case for Rachel Reeves’ budget?

66

Reeves’ risky budget fightback

67

Budget week: What business really fears

68

Gender wars follow Starmer to the G20

69

Is the mansion tax back?

70

Has the budget already unravelled?

71

Will Labour accept Shabana's asylum crackdown?

72

Behind the scenes at toxic No10

73

Starmer v Streeting: What’s going on?

74

The BBC’s Billion Dollar Question

75

Political Traitors: Who can you trust?

76

Why is Keir Starmer bothering with COP?

77

Can Rachel Reeves take back control?

78

Farage rips into Keminomics

79

Farage vs Mahmood: who is the Terminator?

80

The sums that might fill Rachel Reeves’ £30bn black hole

81

Poll plunge: Why has Labour sunk so low?

82

Why Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have both left the country

83

Liz Truss tells Anne that Kemi is captured by the "blob"

84

Why Keir Starmer has a people problem

85

Is Prince Andrew a problem for politics?

86

Succession: Who will be the next UK ambo to the US?

87

The real reason for Rachel Reeves' class war

88

Rachel Reeves tells Sam to prepare for tax rises

89

Has Kemi's stamp duty pledge flopped?

90

China spy trial and the British deep state

91

Why India is a taxing trip for Starmer

92

Kemi Badenoch speech: Not dead yet

93

Why is Starmer visiting Putin's friend?

94

Robert Jenrick vs Kemi Badenoch

95

Is £47bn of Tory cuts realistic?

96

Sam reveals a Tory donor defection to Reform

97

Kemi tells Anne "we are a distressed asset"

98

Will Labour really leave Liverpool happy with Keir?

99

‘Renew Britain’ - but did it renew Keir Starmer?

100

Starmer's future: renewal or decline?

101

Can Rachel Reeves clamber out of the black hole?

102

Is Keir for keeps? Labour conference special

103

What does Andy Burnham want?

104

Is Jaguar Land Rover suffering the "curse of Starmer"?

105

Ed Davey debriefed: Why so much about Nigel Farage?

106

Is Ed Davey the future of the Lib Dems?

107

The problems with Farage's big deportation plan

108

Starmer navigates Trump minefield

109

Is the Trump state visit worth it?

110

How to get rid of Keir Starmer?

111

Can Trump lift Starmer's gloom?

112

Mandelson: what did Starmer know?

113

Rachel vs the blockers: Who will win?

114

Can the IMF bail out Kemi?

115

Shabana replaces Yvette: what difference will it make?

116

Farage revs up as Rayner bows out

117

Can Keir Starmer live without Angela Rayner?

118

Why is nobody talking about the ‘black hole’?

119

The secret story of the reset

120

What's behind Starmer's reset?

121

Will this be Starmer's toughest term yet?

122

Can Labour find a solution on small boats?

123

Will Labour get better marks on education next term?

124

Is Streeting's NHS plan an effective cure?

125

Will Starmer's Trump tactics keep paying off?

126

Will Rachel Reeves’ sums ever add up?

127

Is the Kemi reshuffle a Cleverly move?

128

Water wars: What difference will it make?

129

Labour suspensions: 5 reasons they might be a mistake

130

Who will take the fall for the Afghan cover-up?

131

Can Rachel make things cheaper?

132

Comeback Kid: Rachel Reeves's revival plan

133

Why Boris's best mate is off to Reform

134

Can Streeting stop the doctors strikes?

135

‘Oui’ or ‘non’ for Starmer’s migration deal?

136

Reeves's tax turmoil deepens

137

What’s really going on with Rachel Reeves?

138

How does Keir Starmer get out of the crisis?

139

Starmer on a knife edge

140

Does Starmer read his speeches?

141

Who will take the fall for welfare chaos?

142

Inside the blame game as the welfare rebellion worsens

143

Is Keir Starmer going to have to give in again?

144

The four questions Starmer will be asking on Iran

145

If Trump strikes, what will Starmer do?

146

How much does Starmer know about Trump’s Iran plan?

147

G7 - Trump walks out, Starmer holds his breath

148

Can Starmer contain Trump on Iran?

149

Economy shock overshadows Reeves' big day

150

Who'll win and lose in the spending review

151

Meltdown? Labour goes nuclear

152

Can you trust Rachel Reeves' spending review numbers?

153

Introducing... The Wargame

154

How risky is Rachel Reeves' winter fuel U-turn?

155

Has Trump betrayed Starmer steel deal?

156

Who's the public's favourite (and least favourite) cabinet member?

157

Starmer puts UK on war footing

158

"Chancellor Gordon Brown" Returns

159

Rayner tells Reeves she’s wrong

160

Kemi’s Tories drop to 4th

161

Does the great EU reset work?

162

Keir Starmer faces friendly fire

163

How fishy is Macron’s state visit?

164

Nigel Farage’s migration mystery

165

Is this Keir Starmer’s biggest week as PM?

166

Starmer wins Trump deal race

167

Starmer plan challenged by Red Wall MPs

168

Starmer’s Reform funk

169

Results special: What changes after Nigel Farage’s big night?

170

Tony Blair targets Ed Miliband

171

Trump or Carney – will Starmer have to choose?

172

The rumble: Yvette Cooper vs Rachel Reeves

173

Rachel Reeves in MAGA-Land

174

Robert Jenrick’s leaked plan for Reform

175

Making Rachel Reeves great again

176

The art of the steel

177

Sam and PM – what did Starmer actually mean?

178

Starmer can see no quick Trump deal

179

Starmer’s vindication day?

180

Starmer holds fire on Trump’s Liberation Day

181

Are you in the right cabinet gang?

182

Has Starmer played Trump right?

183

Trump undermines Rachel Reeves' big day

184

Spring statement: Reeves' eleventh hour blackhole

185

Starmer’s 8 days to convince Trump

186

What's in Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement?

187

Badenoch v Farage: I’m a Celeb slapdown

188

The Trump-Putin friendship goes on ice

189

Kemi breaks the net zero spell

190

The Starmer backlash

191

When is Keir Starmer's first reshuffle?

192

Starmer and Trump – best of frenemies?

193

Keir the builder - can he fix it?

194

Farage gets tough

195

Fire alarm in the classroom

196

The plan to save Rachel Reeves

197

Trump tanks Starmer’s plan

198

The case for and against Keir Starmer’s intervention

199

Starmer to walk Trump tightrope

200

New slogan, same Starmer?

201

Kemi v Boris

202

Trump makes Starmer’s life harder

203

Can Starmer save Ukraine?

204

Happy Birthday Rachel Reeves

205

Heathrow’s long take-off

206

Starmer vs bats

207

Trump, tariffs and Germany: Do populists rule the world?

208

Starmer goes nuclear

209

Trump raises Starmer’s least favourite subject

210

Is Keir Starmer Trump's new bestie?

211

Starmer dodges tariffs... But for how long?

212

John Prescott and the pork pie

213

Is Rachel Reeves ignoring the North?

214

Questions over assisted dying

215

The week Starmer hands control to Reeves

216

Starmer versus the blockers

217

The Rachel Reeves fightback

218

Starmer addresses Southport failings

219

Trump upends everything

220

Jack leaves Sam

221

Is Keir Starmer really in control?

222

Has Rachel Reeves run out of money?

223

How Elon Musk took over British politics

224

Can Keir Starmer silence Elon Musk?

225

What will happen in 2025?

226

Starmer's pre-Christmas grilling?

227

Will train strikes derail Keir Starmer?

228

Starmer's Final Foreign Trip

229

Starmer and the ‘Spy’

230

Keir Starmer v The Home Counties

231

Kemi Badenoch versus the world

232

Does Rachel Reeves need an Elon Musk?

233

Britain holds its breath on Syria

234

Explaining Keir Starmer’s Big Speech

235

Is Nigel Farage now at the heart of the establishment?

236

Who is Trump's new man in London?

237

Why Keir Starmer is making big new promises

238

Why Keir Starmer can thank the Tories

239

PMQs: Is Keir scared of Kemi?

240

Is Rachel Reeves telling the truth?

241

Is Rachel Reeves the new Margaret Thatcher?

242

What has Labour learned from Prescott?

243

Donald Trump comes to Britain

244

Jack goes to Washington

245

Starmer racks up more air miles

246

How does Labour avoid the Democrats' fate?

247

Is Blairism back?

248

What Keir Starmer learned from Donald Trump

249

Is Keir Starmer spending too much time abroad?

250

How will Starmer get ready for President Trump?

251

How Donald Trump will change British politics

252

USA ‘24: How Britain is preparing for Trump or Harris

253

Why Keir Starmer’s new migration policy sounds just like the last one

254

Budget '24: Rachel Reeves' £70bn gamble

255

Budget ‘24: Everything you need to know

256

Budget '24: The broken promise budget?

257

Why everything in the budget has leaked

258

The battle of the summits?

259

Donald Trump v Keir Starmer

260

Starmer's get out of jail free card

261

Budget goes pop

262

The cabinet hits back at Rachel Reeves

263

The impossible politics of assisted dying

264

Is Rachel Reeves breaking her promise?

265

Keir Starmer goes full Rishi

266

A £25 Billion Problem

267

Rachel Reeves U-turn?

268

Labour 2.0 begins

269

All change in Number 10

270

Payback time

271

After the missiles strike

272

The Return Of The Nasty Party?

273

Everyone versus Kemi

274

Starmer's impossible juggling act

275

Starmer warns of war

276

Keir Starmer takes the stage

277

Can Rachel Reeves save the day?

278

Government of self-service?

279

The risk of all-out war

280

Is Keir Starmer in trouble over frockgate?

281

Can Keir smash the gangs?

282

Did the Tories break the NHS?

283

What Trump v Harris means for Britain

284

Starmer’s first test

285

Rachel Reeves v the rebels

286

Prepare for Tory skulduggery

287

Did politics fail Grenfell?

288

Keir’s big black hole

289

Keir Starmer's education revolution

290

Keir Partners with the King

291

Starmer and The Seven Rebels

292

Tale of two leadership contests

293

Starmer reacts to Biden quitting

294

Europe comes to Starmer

295

Starmer's first King's speech

296

Starmer appoints Trump staffer

297

Keir’s coming home

298

Keir scores at the White House

299

Keir meets Joe

300

Starmer flies to Washington

301

Starmer tackles the s*** list

302

Keir gets going

303

Labour's landslide victory - can it get any worse for the Tories?

304

Last-minute tightening?

305

Labour and the Conservatives look to the future

306

Election week begins

307

The last weekend

308

One week to go

309

The final head-to-head

310

A Japanese Pause

311

10 Days To Go

312

Don't bet on Rishi

313

Tories party amid poll wipeout

314

Will inflation save Rishi Sunak?

315

Rishi's 'blank cheque' warning

316

Nigel Farage launches his ”manifesto”

317

The Day... A poll made everyone uneasy

318

The Day... Labour launches their manifesto

319

The Day... Of the biggest clash yet

320

The Day... Of the Tory manifesto launch

321

The Day... Rishi resurfaces

322

The Day... You needed to turn up for

323

The Day... Big election choices must be made

324

The Day... After the debate

325

The Day... Rishi Sunak hopes again for a reset

326

The Day... We talk culture wars and real wars

327

The Day... Trump altered British politics

328

The Day... Labour finds a bit taxing

329

The Week... We eat humble pie for missing the election announcement

330

The Week... Rishi Sunak hopes for an economic win

331

The Week… Rishi Sunak questions if we’d be safe under Labour

332

The week... That Rishi Sunak looks on the bright side

333

The Week.. The local elections might throw up a surprise

334

The Week... Rishi tries to save his skin

335

The Week... After Iran’s attack on Israel

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The Week... Britain faced up to big threats

337

The Week... Rishi Sunak faces down his party

338

The Week... The government decides who is an extremist

339

The Week... of the Budget

340

Introducing… Electoral Dysfunction

341

The Week... Politics gets even more toxic

342

The Week... Britain hits back over Navalny

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The Week... Rishi Sunak could face double disaster

344

The Week... Ministers try to avert war

345

The Week... Rishi takes on The Plot

346

The Week… The Tories talk about tax cuts

347

The Week... the Post Office delivers answers

348

The Week... The election campaign goes up a gear

349

The Week... We try to predict all of 2024

350

The Week... Before Christmas recess

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The Week... MPs vote on Rishi’s Rwanda legislation

352

The Week... Boris Johnson’s at the COVID inquiry

353

The Week... Rishi and the King go to Dubai

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The Week... of the Autumn Statement

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The Week... Rishi Sunak has a Suella Braverman conundrum

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The Week... Parliament is back with the King's Speech

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The Week... of Dominic Cummings’ return

358

The Week… of the 'Rishi-versary'

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The Week... Israel went to war

360

The Week... of the Labour Party conference

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The Week... of the Conservative Party conference

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