Emily Thornberry: Jeremy Corbyn’s treatment is “very sad”
The shadow attorney-general on her Islington neighbour, Keir Starmer’s leadership style and why current gender legislation is “inhumane”.
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Discover our latest interviews with notable personalities across various fields. Step into the minds of influential figures and gain unique perspectives.
The Policy Ask with Polly Neate: “If people aren’t angry with me, I’m not doing my job properly”
The chief executive of Shelter on dealing with abuse from men’s rights activists, the Grenfell tragedy and how to solve…
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Linton Kwesi Johnson: “The police declared war on black youth”
The “father of dub poetry” on political verse, institutional racism and growing up as a member of the “rebel generation”.
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Graham Allison: “American politics is driving towards a provocation that China could not avoid”
The academic who coined “Thucydides’s Trap” warns we are sliding into a catastrophic new conflict.
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The Policy Ask with Alfie Stirling: “It’s all about trying to fail in the most successful way possible”
The economist on energy tariffs, reforming benefits and why drastic action is needed to rebuild society.
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Lucy Easthope: “We are all disaster survivors now”
The leading expert on emergency planning and disaster recovery speaks about life after the pandemic.
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Joan Bakewell: “I can live with death – how odd”
As the broadcaster approaches 90, she reflects on her mother, the media and “her version” of her affair with Harold…
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Maggie O’Farrell’s Q&A: “If I wasn’t a writer I would be irritable and thwarted”
The author and Women’s Prize winner on her hero Tove Jansson, Aneurin Bevan and her elderly cat.
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Claudia Rankine: “Eventually they’re coming for you too”
The poet on how America’s racism epidemic intersects with the erosion of women’s rights.
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John Curtice on how the Tories are “stuffed”
Britain’s TV polling icon on spats with Labour, the UK reversing Brexit, and why the Union is “in trouble”.
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The Policy Ask with Charlotte Alldritt: “There can be no going back on childcare reform”
The chief executive of the Centre for Progressive Policy on the vital importance of wraparound school provision, adult skills training…
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Kim Leadbeater is championing a kinder, healthier politics
The Labour MP talks about the influence of her sister, Jo Cox, and making well-being a cornerstone of government policy.
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Thomas Hertog’s Q&A: “Stephen Hawking was the freest man I have known”
The cosmologist on learning to swim in Cambridge, travelling the Silk Roads, and why the future is bothering him.
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General Richard Dannatt’s last fight: the legacy of the Iraq War
The outspoken soldier on Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and an impossible job.
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Victoria Bateman: “I use my naked body to try and subvert things”
The feminist economist once saw modesty as a necessity in order to be taken seriously. Now, she protests nude.
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Mhairi Black: “I have no doubt that Scotland will become independent in my lifetime”
The SNP deputy leader in Westminster spoke at a New Statesman event about Kate Forbes, gay rights and what life…
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“It’s not a solution”: Stella Creasy on the government’s childcare reform
The Labour MP for Walthamstow on why Jeremy Hunt's pledges don't add up – and why childcare is no "women's…
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“The people who have the power lack diversity”
We need a wider cohort of policymakers to make society fairer, says Felicia Odamtten, founder of the Black Economists Network.
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Christoph Heusgen: “We have to reach out beyond the West”
The chairman of the Munich Security Conference on why Europeans must prioritise the Global South to uphold the international rule…
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“Merkel’s Russia policy was pure appeasement”
Roderich Kiesewetter, a leading MP in the former chancellor’s CDU, on how his party helped embolden Vladimir Putin to invade…
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