The News Agents
A onesie. A motorhome. A bag worn by Nicola Sturgeon.
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- A onesie. A motorhome. A bag worn by Nicola Sturgeon.
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- 2:40
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- 6 months ago
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- Why is Reform standing by a 'sexist' candidate in Makerfield? | The News Agents
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- 43:09
- Date posted
- 6 months 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
- Date posted
- 6 months 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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- 6 months ago
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- How billionaires get away with paying less tax than you | The News Agents
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- 40:05
- Date posted
- 6 months 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
- Date posted
- 6 months 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
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Is Trump now bankrolling a MAGA paramilitary? | The News Agents USA
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- 30:58
- Date posted
- 6 months 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
- Date posted
- 6 months 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
- Date posted
- 6 months 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
- Date posted
- 6 months 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
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Is Trump still running scared of the Epstein files? | The News Agents
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- 50:48
- Date posted
- 6 months 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
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- “Burnham is comfortable in his own skin.” | The News Agents
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- 1:54
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- “Moments like that are revealing” | The News Agents
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- 2:52
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Is there more to Andy Burnham than just the vibes? | The News Agents
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- 48:59
- Date posted
- 6 months 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
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- “For Labour to say ‘let’s revert back to the status quo ante’ reveals a dearth" | The News Agents
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Jess Phillips on the “jarring” moment in Keir Starmer’s ‘reset’ speech that made her resign.
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- 2:03
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Has Labour reignited the Brexit debate by mistake? | The News Agents
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- 46:27
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Andy Burnham has ruled out making a Makerfield by-election contest another Brexit referendum. But will it end up being one anyway? The Greater Manchester Mayor has already had to clarify his position on rejoining the EU after a weekend where the issue has dominated the news agenda. Reform certainly hope to turn it into another Brexit campaign. They’ve sent Robert Jenrick out onto the mean streets of Westminster to try and convince voters it’s an establishment stitch up. But who is "the establishment" now?
Later, Jess Phillips on why she resigned and who knew she was going.
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- Will voters in the Makerfield by-election be bewildered to hear Brexit back in the debate?
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- 2:54
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Is Andy Burnham about to become Prime Minister? | The News Agents
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- 38:41
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- In a week of endless rumours and leadership speculation, Westminster is once again in turmoil - with both everything and nothing seeming to happen at the same time.
Yesterday saw the resignation of Makersfield MP Josh Simons, opening the door for Andy Burnham to pave his way back into government.
It will be a tough battle for the Makersfield constituency, but Wes Streeting, who resigned as Health Secretary on Thursday, says Burnham has “the best chance of winning” the by-election.
So, could the Mayor of Manchester be our next Prime Minister?
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- Is Farage now putting distance between himself and Trump? | The News Agents
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- As by-election is triggered, - is Keir Starmer “one way or another doomed”? | The News Agents
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- 2:50
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Is it time the press stood up to Trump after repeated insults to female reporters? | The News Agents
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Has Trump just written the campaign ad for every Democrat? | The News Agents USA
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- 38:00
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Did Trump really mean to tell Americans he wasn't thinking of their financial situation "at all" when he went to war with Iran? He repeated it several times so we can assume it was no slip of the tongue. The democrats are delighted. His allies are dismayed. Expect that line to get played on a loop. But has Trump stopped worrying about the economy for everyone except his own family? And has he given up on the midterms?
Later, Politico's Jonathan Martin joins Jon in the studio. What's Trump playing at? Is the base still with him? And is the American media doing enough to hold him to account?
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- Farage says £5m gift was a “reward” for campaigning for Brexit | The News Agents
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Wes Streeting has resigned - but not declared a leadership bid. Good play?
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- 2:59
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Has Wes Streeting's resignation just SEALED Starmer's fate | The News Agents
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- 31:24
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Wes Streeting cited the unprecedented local election results and the unpopularity of the government as his reason for resigning as health secretary this lunch time. What he did NOT say was that he was directly running for the leadership - and now allies of the PM are saying he has bottled it because he doesn't have the support. Has today strengthened Keir’s hand? Or just drawn out a slow death?
Later - Nigel Farage managed to buy a £1.4m house in cash just weeks after receiving a £5m donation from a crypto billionaire. He told us last week it was for his personal security. Today he described it as a reward for delivering Brexit. Which was it?
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- Is Starmer’s refusal to step down as PM admirable or arrogant?
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- 2:57
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- What will the investigation into Farage’s £5m gift find? | The News Agents
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- 2:43
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Has a Labour leadership contest already begun? | The News Agents
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- 41:19
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- A key cabinet member, Hilary Benn, was asked this lunch time if Wes Streeting was still the Health Secretary. Astonishingly he said he did not know. Is Streeting about to launch a leadership campaign? is Starmer preparing to fight him? And could all this chaos somehow leave Ed Miliband in poll position as PM?
Later, the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner launches an investigation into Nigel Farage's undeclared 5 million pound donation from a crypto billionaire. What will they find?
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- “He wouldn’t risk a Wes Streeting victory - and would therefore potentially stand”
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- 2:47
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- What have Labour insiders been telling Lewis? | The News Agents
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- 2:25
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Starmer refuses to go: Crazy? Or courageous? | The News Agents
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- 39:11
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Anyone who thought Keir Starmer was about to succumb to pressure from the 80 strong list of MPs who turned against him were in for a shock this morning when they found a PM defiant and refusing to even discuss a leadership challenge. Can he hold them off? Is his position more or less perilous today? And what is Andy Burnham doing at Euston?
Jess Philips has become the most senior minister to resign - leaving a devastating letter in her wake. Will the King's speech stop the political regicide for 24 hours? Or are Starmer’s critics just building up steam?
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- Is Keir Starmer really ‘country before party’? | The News Agents
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- 2:36
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Is Starmer’s refusal to go a sign of arrogance, or an attempt to avoid another psychodrama?
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- 2:49
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Starmer's make or break speech: will it save him? | The News Agents
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- 49:32
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- It's always risky when a Prime Minister's speech becomes billed as a 'reset' and 'make or break' but Keir Starmer's address this morning was exactly that.
Facing a surprise possible leadership challenge from backbencher Catherine West - and a growing number of MPS in open mutiny - Starmer insisted he would prove his doubters wrong, face any contest head on, and keep Britain from ushering in "dangerous opponents".
It didn't seem to win too many of his parliamentary colleagues round - indeed as soon as he'd finished the drip drip of MPs demanding he set a timetable for his departure continued. But has it been enough to stop serious contenders - like Wes Streeting and Angela Rayner - from coming forward?
Or are they just waiting for the right moment?
Later, Emily and Lewis speak to London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan about where Labour goes now.
#uk #ukpolitics #keirstarmer #labour #labourparty #conservatives #kemibadenoch #reformu...
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- “We want urgency. The big idea. That was missing from Keir Starmer’s speech.”
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- 2:47
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- “You can’t fatten the pig on market day”
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- “Farage has managed to convince people he is the newcomer” | The News Agents
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- 2:58
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Election Special: Is it change or die for Labour? | The News Agents
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- 50:54
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- The morning after elections, political parties send their leaders out to areas where they outperformed expectations to try and sell a narrative about their results, even on the bruising nights.
Such was the scale of Labour's defeat that for much of the night, it wasn't clear whether there was anywhere they could send Starmer. Eventually, he headed to Ealing where Labour kept control of the council. In West London, Starmer insisted he isn't "going to walk away". He acknowledged that "voters have sent a message about the pace of change". But isn't that message that they would like a Reform government? Isn't it at the very least that they do not want him to remain in Downing Street?
Where does Labour go from here - and is Nigel Farage now measuring the curtains in 10 Downing Street?
Later, Luke Tryl on the complete collapse of the two party system.
#uk #ukpolitics #keirstarmer #labour #labourparty #reformuk #nigelfarage #conservatives #k...
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- Does Labour have the guts to replace Starmer? | The News Agents
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- 2:21
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Lewis clashes with controversial Birmingham Independent campaigner.
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- 2:52
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Lewis presses Akhmed Yaqoob for saying Polanski is a ‘degenerate’ for ‘dancing with naked strippers’
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- 2:50
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- SPECIAL REPORT: An election like no other in Birmingham | The News Agents
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- 47:17
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- It’s polling day in elections across Great Britain. Labour is braced for a battering, at the hands of insurgent forces on every side. Birmingham is a microcosm of that picture: an unloved Labour administration dealing with complex problems and complex politics.
But here it’s not just the Greens and Reform the party must contend with, but the rise of the so-called Gaza independents. A new political force appealing largely to British Muslims who, like everyone else, are disatissfied with the status quo.
Is this really a new sectarian politics, as the newspapers suggest? And if it is - should we be concerned about who is propelling those forces? With the control of the biggest local authority in Europe up for grabs, Lewis has gone home to England’s second city to find out.
#uk #ukpolitics #birmingham #keirstarmer #labour #labourparty #reformuk #nigelfarage #conservatives #kemibadenoch #localelections #localelections2026 #Podcast #UKPodcast #Pol...
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- “You think you’ll catch me out? I’ve run rings around protestors and judges” | The News Agents
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- 2:17
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Trump's Epic Fury...with Indiana Republicans | The News Agents USA
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- 37:59
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Overnight in Indiana ,Trump showed the grasp he still has over the Republican Party where the candidates he’d endorsed for the State Senate won their primaries against the moderate Republicans that had stood up to his attempts to gerrymander.
It's remarkable in itself that Trump was at all invested in the races - these are local politicians earning $33,000 a year - and yet his influence proved key. What does this tell us about how the midterms will play out? Meanwhile, Marco Rubio has announced the end of the Iran war as if it were obvious to all of us. Are we about to see some actual progress in the conflict in the Middle East? A peace deal? An actual signed contract? Or is Trump just playing for time before his next big stunt?
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- Money, lies and death: London's criminal underworld with Patrick Radden Keefe | The News Agents
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- 41:18
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing, is back asking questions of those in power. His new best-seller investigates the mysterious death of young Zac Brettler in the heart of London. What does it tell us about dark money, lies and corruption in this gilded city - now home to the world’s billionaires? And why were the police either unwilling or unable to provide his family with answers? We talk about identity, reinvention and oligarchs in his latest book, London Falling.
Later, Trump's Project Freedom in Hormuz ends on day one - has Trump capitulated or is a deal, finally, in sight?
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