In this episode Will speaks to Michael Bell from the Co-operative Party about the history of the party, its structure, its links to Labour, whether the current pandemic will result in more cooperatives and Keir Starmer and the Co -Op. Please bear in mind when listening there are some minor glitches in the audio for this episode. 

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In this episode we speak to Chris Newton, a historian and former defence policy advisor to the Conservative Party on the links between defence and the response to the coronavirus pandemic, how to tackle nations like China and Russia, the upcoming US Presidential election and the lessons that can be learned from the First World War. 

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In this episode Will speaks to Benedict Macon-Cooney, Head of Technology Futures at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, about two new papers published by the Institute on technology and the coronavirus, how technology can be incorporated into policy decision making and how the government are handling the pandemic. 

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In this special episode Will speaks to two great short film directors. In the first part Will speaks to director Angus McDonald about his film Manus, they discuss what has happened to the refugees on Manus and Naru since they last spoke, Angus' other work and the impact of the coronavirus. In the second part Will speaks to writer and director of The German King, actor Adetokumboh M'Cormack about the film, what it says about the history of Cameroon, its central character Rudolf Duala Manga Bell and the way Cameroon and Africa are portrayed in the media. 

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In this episode Will speaks to Tim Stanley, a columnist for the Daily Telegraph and contributing editor to the Catholic Herald about his book Kennedy vs Carter: The 1980s Battle for the Democratic Party's Soul. Discussion includes Jimmy Carter's Presidency, why historians felt Kennedy was unpopular, how much Chappaquiddick impacted Kennedy's chances, whether President Carter's outsider status hindered his Presidency and whether we will see another President Kennedy.

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In this episode of the podcast Will speaks to Dimitri Batrouni, a lecturer at the University of Bristol, Labour councillor for St Christopher's Ward and author of The Battle of Ideas in the Labour Party - From Attlee to Corbyn and Brexit, about the book, the significance of ideas in the Labour Party, whether Ed Miliband had too many contrasting ideas, the ideas behind Corbynism and whether the Labour Party's relationship to ideas has changed since 1945. 

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In this episode we speak to Lord Norton of Louth, a Conservative peer and Professor of Government at the University of Hull, about the impact of coronavirus on Westminster and society, why the House of Lords is important, the structure of the British constitution, how it differs to America's constitution and how Brexit has impacted it.  

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In this episode Will speaks to returning guest Sarbjit Bakhshi, the Head of Political Markets at Smarkets, about the recent Labour Leadership result, Keir Starmer's new Shadow Cabinet, the US Presidential election and the impact of the coronavirus on society. 

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In this episode we speak to Stefan Hoggan-Radu, a retired athlete and SNP activist about the Scottish Government's reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, what may change because of it, the possibility of a second Scottish Independence Referendum, the Scottish Parliamentary Elections next year and the recent trial of former First Minister Alex Salmond. 

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In this episode Will speaks to Ranu Dhillon, a practising US doctor who has worked with Harvard's Medical School, served as Ebola adviser to the President of Guinea and worked with the Earth Institute at the University of Colorado, about the current COVID 19 pandemic, how the US, Italy and UK are responding to it and why testing is so important.

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