Politics Weekly UK

Guardian political columnist John Harris hosts a cast of voices from up and down the country as well

Episodes

Total: 301

Britain will have a new prime minister on Monday. While Rishi Sunak’s chances seem to have faded awa

With Liz Truss likely to be the next prime minister, former government advisers Sam Freedman and Sal

While politics might not be taking a summer holiday this year, Politics Weekly UK is snatching a qui

The Bank of England has predicted the country will hit a recession by the end of the year. To make m

The Conservative leadership race has been derailed by U-turns, highlighting the weaknesses of the ca

Another week of blue-on-blue infighting, as Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak take chunks out of each other

Either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss will be the next leader of the Conservative party and the country. A

The Conservative leadership race is in full swing. It’s been a week of awkward campaign videos, dirt

Boris Johnson is clinging on to his leadership by a thread as the number of resignations from his go

Glastonbury festival has a rich political history, from its roots in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarm

There are two important byelections this week: one in Tiverton and Honiton, the other in Wakefield.

The government’s latest refugee policy collided with reality this week as the first deportation flig

Boris Johnson has survived a vote of no confidence this week and wants to draw a line under the rebe

A Tory identity crisis

2022/6/2

The drip drip of letters to the 1922 Committee has now become a steady stream. Could Boris Johnson b

Humbled…?

2022/5/26

The Sue Gray report has finally been published. Boris Johnson made a statement to parliament and too

Inflation has jumped to 9% putting renewed pressure on the government to take action on the cost of

Brexit is back …

2022/5/12

Rafael Behr stands in for John Harris this week and is joined by Gavin Barwell, the former Conservat

It’s been a tough week for Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer as the public vote in local elections on T

With a week to go until the local elections, John Harris goes to Britain’s self-styled Ocean City, w

This week Boris Johnson has apologised again for breaking his own Covid lockdown rules while his hom