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“You drew attention to war crimes in Gaza... and Keir Starmer chose to ignore it?” | The News Agents
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- “You drew attention to war crimes in Gaza... and Keir Starmer chose to ignore it?” | The News Agents
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- Wes Streeting on Keir Starmer being in the wrong job | The News Agents
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- 2:26
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- Wes Streeting on why Keir Starmer cannot save himself or his country | The News Agents
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- 1:23:57
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- It is now hard to imagine that just three weeks ago, Wes Streeting was still serving in Keir Starmer's cabinet. As Health Secretary, Streeting gave the PM one of his biggest success stories from Labour's so far deeply troubled time in government - getting waiting lists down, and dragging the NHS into the 21st century.
In the short time since he left role, he has become one of Starmer's biggest problems. His criticism of the PM is blistering, his analysis of where Labour has gone wrong is compelling, and his finger is twitching over the leadership contest trigger, waiting - so he says - for Andy Burnham to get into the arena.
Streeting has long been talked up as a future Labour Prime Minister, but bruising recent membership polling shows the Labour party faithful are still far from convinced by his pitch. So why is he so convinced that this is a fight worth having?
In this extended interview with Lewis, he explains why he fears that Keir Starmer, a man ...
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- “This is the type of propaganda that is reminiscent of the 1930s.” | The News Agents
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- 2:58
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- Lord Blunkett: ‘My great worry is that the Green Party are God’s gift to Reform’ | The News Agents
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- 1:40
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- 2 days ago
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- Why has Musk set the mob on random innocent British police officers? | The News Agents
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- 40:08
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- 2 days ago
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- Two police officers - both nominated for bravery awards - have been doxxed on the internet through a Musk disinformation campaign, where he called one a "scumbag" who should be in prison. One former officer is now in hiding, fearing for her safety after death threats. Neither was anywhere near Henry Nowak on the night he died.
Musk famously supports Rupert Lowe over Nigel Farage. Is the Right of British politics now tearing itself apart over who gets to sound more extreme? Is any of this helping British citizens solve a knife crime epidemic? We ask Lord Blunkett, former Home Secretary, whether there is any evidence that DEI has got in the way of good policing.
And, as we mourn the tragically early death of one of Britain’s best spooks, we celebrate the life of Alex Younger with his friend - another former MI6 chief - Richard Moore.
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- Is the right of British politics competing over who’s gets to sound more extreme?
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- 2:52
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- 2 days ago
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- Lord David Blunkett calls for legal action against Elon Musk.
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- 2:26
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- 2 days ago
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- What is the Department of Justice turning a blind eye to? | The News Agents
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- 2:55
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- 3 days ago
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- Why Trump's own party has killed his J6 slush fund | The News Agents
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- 37:26
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- 3 days ago
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- Trump wanted taxpayer money set aside for a slush fund for his January 6th allies. But in a rare act of defiance, Republicans have killed off the plan before it could become reality.
Why did Trump’s own party draw the line here? Was it a principled stand, a political calculation, or a sign that some Republicans are growing nervous about defending everything linked to January 6th? And Has Trump pushed Republicans too far this time?
Later, Rep Suhas Subramanyam joins us to discuss the Department of Justice's handling of the Epstein files.
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- Did Farage incite violence with his call for 'pure cold rage'? | The News Agents
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- 49:08
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- 3 days ago
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- Nigel Farage was accused by many in the Commons today of inciting violence with his call for people to respond to a young man’s murder with "pure cold rage". The Reform UK leader explicitly ignored the wishes of Henry Nowak's family - who had urged politicians not to use Henry's death to ramp up tensions - to suggest that the anger seen in Southampton last night could even get worse. As he spoke, he was jeered and accused of hijacking a personal tragedy for political gain. The question perhaps is whether Farage's rhetoric on race has hardened - and if so why? Is it the spectre of the Makerfield by-election where Reform has another hard right party snapping at their heels?
Later, Jeremy Hunt is with us to discuss why those in power know what to do - but not how to get reelected afterwards. Is this a fatal flaw with our system?
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- Farage booed in the Commons after being accused of exploiting Henry Nowak’s murder | The News Agents
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- 1:30
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- 3 days ago
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- Farage has been likened to ‘Tommy Robinson’ in a suit - is there any truth in it?
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- 2:44
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- 3 days ago
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- Should the UK introduce compulsory voting? | The News Agents
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- 2:24
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- 4 days ago
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- Belarus's President-in-exile on sacrificing her safety | The News Agents
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- 2:55
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- 4 days ago
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- How did the police let Henry Nowak die? | The News Agents
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- 42:17
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- 4 days ago
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- The footage is almost unbearable to watch. 18 year old Henry Nowak, stabbed and bleeding to death on the floor - telling officers he couldn't breathe - being handcuffed by police responders rather than treated. Bodycam footage, released with the consent of Henry's family, shows that as Henry shouts out that he has been stabbed, one officer responds: "You’ve been stabbed? I don’t think you have, mate." The killer, Vickrum Digwa, had lied and claimed that Henry had racially attacked him. How did the police get their response wrong?
The Home Secretary has called the footage "disturbing and tragic", and insisted that Henry's family deserve answers. Nigel Farage is claiming that the murder is proof we are "living in a two-tier culture in this country where the rights and privileges of white people matter less than those of ethnic minorities." Andy Hughes, co-host of The Crime Agents, explains why that is nonsense.
Later, Belarus's President in exile, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya...
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- “We all agree it was terrible policing, but was it two-tier? Absolutely not”
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- 2:48
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- 4 days ago
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- This is what a Facebook whistleblower told us before being forced into silence | The News Agents
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- 2:58
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- 5 days ago
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- Is Trump’s America scaring fans off the World Cup? | The News Agents
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- 36:28
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- 5 days ago
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- America is the only major country where visitor numbers fell last year. In fact it had its worst year for international tourism since 2008- barring the pandemic. Are tourists scared? Or has Trump put them off? Is this why Trump's Ambassador for Tourism is on a whistle stop tour of Europe drumming up business before the World Cup? We speak to the US Special Envoy.
Later why was a Facebook whistleblower silenced on stage at Hay Festival? We bring you Sarah Wynn-Williams - full throated and in vision - discussing her book Careless People in her first and last interview.
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- Emily and Jon ask Trump’s tourism envoy: Is Trump’s America scaring fans off the World Cup?
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- 2:33
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- 5 days ago
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- Author Karen Hao sets out the shocking consequences of the AI industry | The News Agents
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- 2:19
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- 8 days ago
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- How AI emperors are breaking our democracy | The News Agents
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- 50:05
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- 8 days ago
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- In his essay this week on the way forward for Britain, Tony Blair posits that "governing in the age of AI will be the principal challenge. And opportunity" for our political class.
Karen Hao certainly agrees that it will be one of the defining challenges of our lives. An MIT grad, she started off in Silicon Valley, before turning to journalism and becoming one of the most authoritative reporters on the new world of AI. She is deeply alarmed by the AI race, and by the companies - and men - leading the pursuit.
Her book, 'Empire of AI', contends that these new giants of industry have weaponised the sales pitch around AI to extract immense resources to swell their bottom line, and erode democracies around the world in the process.
Lewis sat down with her to discuss the acutely political nature of AI, the new, uniquely powerful empires being built, and how - and if - democracies can wrestle back control.
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- “You wait for a mother of all backlashes and for populist forces to come along” | The News Agents
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- 2:49
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- 9 days ago
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- Has Donald Trump just gifted Texas to the Democrats? | The News Agents
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- 39:35
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- 9 days ago
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- Ken Paxton - Texas Attorney General - and a politician with a string of sleaze investigations behind him - has just been anointed by Trump as the Texas Senate candidate.
Has Trump made a terrible mistake here? Why are the Democrats licking their lips? And is a blue seat in a deep red state starting to seem possible?
Later, Philadelphia congressman Brendan Boyle on Trump’s slush fund, the mid term races, and his urgent warning to British voters.
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- Has Blair just brought the Labour party together - against him? | The News Agents
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- 42:31
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- 9 days ago
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- The day after Tony Blair spoke to The News Agents we ask whether his comments have started a healthy debate, changed the leadership race, or galvanised the whole party against him. The only man to win three elections for Labour speaks from experience and confidence. But is his diagnosis right for today? Will he ever be trusted on foreign affairs? And is efficacy more important than Democracy in 2026?
Later, we talk to Alan Milburn who’s basically diagnosed that Britain is pretty f****d for young people. What’s the answer?
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- “Farage is a total fraud, and I hope they realise before its too late” | The News Agents
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- 2:22
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- 9 days ago
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- “Everything that Tony Blair says about AI is not true!" | The News Agents
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- 1:49
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- 9 days ago
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- Should Starmer have said no to President Trump? | The News Agents
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- 2:46
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- 10 days ago
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- Tony Blair on why Britain and Labour are in crisis | The News Agents
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- 32:08
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- 10 days ago
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- Since Keir Starmer took office almost two years ago - the first Labour Prime Minister in 14 years - Tony Blair has been holding his tongue.
But that has all changed in a dramatic fashion. Blair is profoundly concerned, about the UK's future, the leadership of his party, and of the wider political conversation taking place.
In a 5,700 word essay, he lays out a brutal assessment of the lack of serious policy thinking going on in government, warns of a "slide towards relegation from the Premier League of nations", and pens what is effectively his own manifesto to try and turn the country's fortunes around.
Today on The News Agents - an in depth interview with the former PM. Why has he broken his silence now? What does he make of the leadership conversation taking place in Labour? And how does he believe Britain can halt its slide into irrelevance?
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- “So Ed Miliband is a ‘quixotic fantasist’?” | The News Agents
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- 2:55
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- 10 days ago
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- Tony Blair says “anxious” and “pessimistic” about Labour's future | The News Agents
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- 2:46
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- 11 days ago
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- A onesie. A motorhome. A bag worn by Nicola Sturgeon.
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- 2:40
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- 11 days ago
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- Why is Reform standing by a 'sexist' candidate in Makerfield? | The News Agents
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- 43:09
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- 11 days ago
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- Robert Kenyon, Reform's candidate in Makerfield, was a week on from defending his Facebook Nazi friend when things got ugly. Over the sunny bank holiday weekend old tweets resurfaced showing not only his utterly creepy views about women but also his original anti-Brexit stance. And yes, you can guess which one is the real headache for Reform. Polls suggest they are currently in second place behind Andy Burnham, with the even harder right Restore party snapping at their heels and threatening to eat into the vote. So is it time to take action? Or just dig in behind their candidate?
A Reform UK spokesman said: “We fully back Cllr Kenyon. He is an excellent, local candidate who we are confident will be a superb MP for Makerfield."
Later, questions for Nicola Sturgeon resurface over her “lack of curiosity“ surrounding her convicted ex husbands ten year spending spree of stolen funds. Is First Minister, John Swinney, in the firing line too?
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- Is Farage getting Farage-d by Restore UK? | The News Agents
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- 2:49
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- 11 days ago
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- What is causing the acceleration in billionaire wealth? | The News Agents
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- 2:57
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- 15 days ago
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- How billionaires get away with paying less tax than you | The News Agents
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- 40:05
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- 15 days ago
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- As billionaire wealth soars to unprecedented heights, calls to “tax the rich” are getting louder across the world. But while politicians on the left often champion wealth taxes, governments have repeatedly struggled to make them work in practice. So why have they failed? And could that finally be changing?
This Friday, Lewis is joined by French economist Gabriel Zucman, the architect of the so-called “Zucman Tax” and one of the most influential voices in the global debate on inequality. Drawing on his new book We Need to Tax Billionaires, Zucman explains how extreme wealth has created what some see as two separate economic realities: ordinary citizens on one side, and a billionaire class operating on an entirely different political and financial plane on the other.
From private jets to ballooning fortunes, why have traditional tax systems have struggled to keep up? And could a coordinated global approach to taxing billionaires reshape democracy itself?...
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- What is the Zucman tax?
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- 2:14
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- 15 days ago
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- How are billionaires getting away with paying less tax than you? | The News Agents
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- 2:41
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- 16 days ago
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- Is Trump now bankrolling a MAGA paramilitary? | The News Agents USA
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- 30:58
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- 16 days ago
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- Donald Trump announced a $1.776bn new scheme this week labelled an 'anti-weaponisation fund' to compensate citizens who've been mistreated by the US justice system. Who could the President have in mind as in need of compensation? How about the January 6th rioters? Well they are stepping forward in their droves to state their intentions to claim millions from the IRS - and Trump seems to be cheering them on. Critics say he's using the money to keep his own private militia on retainer - are they right?
And why did Trump secure 'forever' immunity for him and his family from tax audits?
Later, in a rare act of rebellion, Republican Congressmen stripped out $1bn worth of funding for Trump's ballroom from a Bill going through the legislature that was supposed to be about immigration enforcement funding.
Trump has doubled down on the ambitions for the ballroom - talking about a drone port on the roof and a military base. But will the GOP get increasingl...
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- What Hulk Hogan taught Trump about politics | Munya Chawawa Unfiltered | The News Agents
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- 43:32
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- 16 days ago
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- Before he was ever taken seriously as a politician, Donald Trump was very much taken seriously in the world of wrestling.
His relationship with WWE stretches back as far as the 1980s - he went on to headline Wrestlemania and even challenged founder Vince McMahon to a match during a running feud.
But what if wrestling was where Trump learned how to win the White House? Reality-defying performances, smack talk, and stunts are, after all, quintessentially Trumpian techniques.
Munya Chawawa thinks that Trump's origin story in politics might start in the ring - and came into the studio to discuss why.
Later, it was announced today that net migration has fallen by almost half, to its lowest level since the Covid pandemic. But will Keir Starmer be able to claim any credit for it?
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- “That’s a flex - you don’t need to see my face, but you know who I am” | The News Agents
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- 2:58
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- 16 days ago
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- “That’s gone, he’s free. Another $100m in the bank for Donald Trump - kerching!” | The News Agents
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- 2:16
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- 16 days ago
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- “It’s extraordinary how pickled the brains of the Republican Party have become.” | The News Agents
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- 2:33
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- 17 days ago
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- Is Trump still running scared of the Epstein files? | The News Agents
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- 50:48
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- 17 days ago
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- You might not know the name Thomas Massie. But you will know what he did. The Kentucky Republican congressman was one crucial part of the campaign that forced Trump to release the Epstein files last November. Last night, he lost his chance to fight his seat again - against a challenger endorsed by Trump. Is Trump still worrying about Epstein? Or does he just hate dissent? And why did he take Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth out of an actual war with Iran to make him campaign in Kentucky? This does not feel normal.
Later, is democracy being killed by the rich? Lewis speaks to Jeffrey Winters.
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- Does the defeat of Trump-critic prove his grip on the Republican Party? | The News Agents
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- 2:46
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- 17 days ago
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- “Burnham is comfortable in his own skin.” | The News Agents
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- 1:54
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- 18 days ago
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- “Moments like that are revealing” | The News Agents
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- 2:52
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- 18 days ago
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- Is there more to Andy Burnham than just the vibes? | The News Agents
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- 48:59
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- 18 days ago
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- Andy Burnham has launched his campaign video for the Makerfield by-election. The first thing you notice is how comfortable he sounds in it. It’s a level of human communication almost unfamiliar in today’s politics - with a pitch not just to the constituency but to the nation. But is there more to him than the chips and gravy good vibes? And does he have an actual plan not just for Makerfield but for the country?
We speak to Neal Lawson - who is inside the Burnham camp - about how he thinks about politics, and what would be different if he ran the country.
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- Is it Burnham or bust for the Labour Party? | The News Agents
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- 2:01
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- 18 days ago
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- “For Labour to say ‘let’s revert back to the status quo ante’ reveals a dearth" | The News Agents
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- 2:20
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- 19 days ago
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