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Episode 83 - Starmer Enters the Belly of the Beast

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Thursday, 27 February 2025
Ali and Zoë discuss Sir Keir Starmer's visit to Washington and ask what success looks like when negotiating with Donald Trump.
55 minutes | Thursday, 20 February 2025
Ali and Zoë discuss a seismic week in international affairs, the likes of which has not been since the end of the Cold War.
55 minutes | Friday, 14 February 2025
Ali and Zoë discuss a new survey that suggests less than half of Gen Z are proud to be British.
55 minutes | Friday, 7 February 2025
Ali and Zoë react to a medical panel's review of the Lucy Letby case which concluded that she didn't murder any babies.
55 minutes | Thursday, 30 January 2025
Ali and Zoë discuss an alarming poll that suggests more than half of Gen Z would prefer the UK to be a dictatorship.
55 minutes | Thursday, 23 January 2025
Ali and Zoë react in the immediate aftermath of the Southport killer's sentencing, and ask what has to happen next?
55 minutes | Thursday, 16 January 2025
With Ali away, Zoë looks into the reasons behind why the level of productivity in the UK is falling behind other developed nations.
55 minutes | Thursday, 9 January 2025
Ali and Zoë break down a busy first week back for politics both at home and across the pond in 2025, and ask whether Elon Musk's influence on UK politics is damaging for Keir Starmer's Labour government.
55 minutes | Thursday, 2 January 2025
Take a look back at Ali and Zoë's best moments of 2024!
55 minutes | Thursday, 26 December 2024
Take a look back at Ali and Zoë's best moments of 2024!
53 minutes | Thursday, 19 December 2024
Who were 2024's winners and losers? Join Ali and Zoë in this Christmas special episode as they present The Politics Uncensored Awards 2024!
55 minutes | Thursday, 12 December 2024
Ali and Zoë discuss Reform UK's impressive 2024, and ask whether the other political parties should take note of their successes - or is it all just a flash in the pan?
55 minutes | Friday, 6 December 2024
Ali and Zoë discuss Keir Starmer's 'plan for change' speech and whether the narrative is cutting through to the everyday person
55 minutes | Monday, 2 December 2024
With Ali away, Zoë discusses who's at fault for record immigration figures.
55 minutes | Monday, 25 November 2024
As farmers occupy Westminster in protest of a change to the way they pay their taxes, Ali and Zoë ask whether they are right to be angry at the government.
56 minutes | Thursday, 14 November 2024
Ali and Zoë discuss the proposed law to legalise assisted dying across the UK, and debate whether a change to the law is a good idea.
55 minutes | Friday, 8 November 2024
Ali and Zoë assess the impact of Donald Trump winning the 2024 Presidential Election, and ask what impact a second Trump term will have on the US and the wider world order.
56 minutes | Thursday, 31 October 2024
In this Freaky Friday special, Bobby Norris, and his Access All Areas co-presenter Ellen Coughlan, take the reigns from Ali and Zoë for Halloween! But just how much do they actually know about politics? Lets find out...
55 minutes | Thursday, 24 October 2024
With Zoë away, Ali looks ahead to the budget, and asks whether Britain should pay for its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.
55 minutes | Friday, 18 October 2024
Ali and Zoë discuss why people in the UK are having fewer children. They also speak to the MP who's made it his mission to reduce the price of the Freddo chocolate bar, back to 5p.
55 minutes | Friday, 11 October 2024
Saturday (12/10/24) marks 100 days since Keir Starmer's Labour party won the general election in dramatic fashion, but have they done a good job so far?
56 minutes | Friday, 4 October 2024
With Zoë away, Ali looks at the escalating situation in the Middle East and what might happen next.
55 minutes | Friday, 27 September 2024
Fresh from their time in Liverpool, Ali and Zoë bring you all the reaction from Labour's first party conference in government for more than 14 years.
55 minutes | Monday, 23 September 2024
As Conservative party leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch says she became working class after working at McDonalds in her youth, Ali and Zoë discuss what class actually means and whether we understand how it affects our lives.
55 minutes | Sunday, 15 September 2024
With Ali off this week, Zoë looks at the NHS and who is to blame for the state that it's in. 
56 minutes | Friday, 6 September 2024
As the Grenfell Inquiry's findings are released to the public, Ali and Zoë discuss who's to blame with a man who lost five of his relatives in the disaster. 
55 minutes | Monday, 2 September 2024
Ahead of Parliament's return, Ali and Zoë look ahead to the tough decisions Labour are set to make as their honeymoon period in government comes to an end, and the real work begins. The pair are also joined by Rod Humphris, the landlord who barred Keir Starmer from his pub in 2021, to talk Labour's proposed smoking ban outside of pubs and restaurants.
55 minutes | Friday, 23 August 2024
Continuing their conversation from last week, Ali and Zoë ask why misogyny is on the rise in the UK, or if it's always been hidden in plain sight.
54 minutes | Friday, 16 August 2024
On A-Level Results day, the title says it all.
55 minutes | Friday, 9 August 2024
After a week of far-right unrest on Britain's streets, Ali and Zoë question whether the rioter's claim of two-tier policing holds any truth, and if social media companies have a part to play in countering dangerous misinformation on their platforms. The pair are joined by former Head of the National Counter Terrorism Security Office, Chris Phillips; and former Twitter (now X) Vice-President, Bruce Daisley.
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Episode 83 - Starmer Enters the Belly of the Beast
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