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Explore "house of lords" with insightful episodes like "99: Mailbag Mayhem", "Morning Briefing Saturday 27th January", "206. How to fix the honours system, chaos in the Red Sea, and Taiwan at a crossroads", "Conflict of Interest" and "You Ask Us: What next for Boris Johnson – and Angela Rayner" from podcasts like ""Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast", "Times news briefing", "The Rest Is Politics", "Oh God, What Now?" and "The New Statesman Podcast"" and more!
Episodes (9)
Morning Briefing Saturday 27th January
The Times Briefing for the morning of Saturday 27th January.
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206. How to fix the honours system, chaos in the Red Sea, and Taiwan at a crossroads
Conflict of Interest
You Ask Us: What next for Boris Johnson – and Angela Rayner
In today’s special You Ask Us episode of the New Statesman Podcast, Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Rachel Wearmouth and Freddie Hayward to answer listeners’ questions:
They discuss what role Angela Rayner might have in a Starmer government and whether she’s being sidelined. Then they tackle a question on whether Boris Johnson could return to politics through the House of Lords.
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Morning briefing Wednesday 21st June
The Times Briefing for the Morning of Wednesday 21st June
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Afternoon Briefing Thursday 15th June
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Lords, Ladies, and Boris Johnson's honour
Rishi Sunak has reportedly waved through Boris Johnson's controversial and much-talked about honours list. Why? And what does this mean at the slightly grubbier end of British politics.
Caroline Lucas is to step down from Parliament after 13 years of flying the Green Party flag. Is the beginning of a rebirth in left-wing politics, or is it more like the beginning of the end?
And how does the newspaper industry cover Prince Harry when they’re part of the trial?
Boris Johnson: The Dishonours List
Boris Johnson is not a man who has much care for institutions or conventions. So what does his forthcoming resignations honours list mean for the future of the House of Lords?
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