Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

The Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats reflects on her journey from campaigning as a child against nuclear weapons and scratchy jumpers, to being at the heart of the third-largest party in parliament.

Producer: Daniel Kraemer

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner reflects on the decision to rejoin the UK's largest police force when it was in crisis.

Sir Mark Rowley sits down with Nick Robinson to outline the challenges the Met faces under his leadership, as well as how he decided as a teenager that policing was his mission.

Producer: Daniel Kraemer

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury sits down with Nick to chart his rise to the heart of Starmer's government.

How did a Bristol boy, whose parents sometimes went without meals to ensure he had food, end up at the Chancellor's side, in charge of the purse-strings of the government?

Producer: Daniel Kraemer

How did Churchill's grandson end up at the top of British industry?

Rupert Soames - Chair of the Confederation of British Industry - sits down with Nick Robinson to talk about this Labour government's first budget, which he claims did not offer enough "bang for the buck"

Producer: Daniel Kraemer

What shaped the views and principles that Kemi Badenoch hopes will help her win the race to become next leader of the Conservative Party?

Nick Robinson sits down with the former Business Secretary near the end of her party's leadership contest.

Producer: Daniel Kraemer

The academic and author Matt Goodwin sat down with Nick Robinson in the aftermath of the riots that spread across the UK in the summer, to discuss whether there are 'legitimate grievences' that lay behind the violence, or just 'hate-fuelled mob violence sparked by misinformation.

The Israeli Ambassador sits down with Nick Robinson on the week of the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack.

The First Minister of Scotland sits down with Nick to reflect on his reluctant path to power.

Producer: Daniel Kraemer

The Health Secretary sits down with Nick Robinson at the end of the Labour conference in Liverpool.

Wes Streeting reflects on how his family role-models led him to become a political fighter, rebukes those who criticise him for being too gloomy about the NHS, and reveals why an Oasis classic was his kareoke song of choice at the previous night's party.

Producer: Daniel Kraemer

Mick Whelan is General Secretary of Aslef, the union representing train drivers.

He sits down with Nick on the week that his members voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer, bringing to an end two years of strike action.

Whelan reflects on growing up in working class West London and being one of a number of 2nd-generation Irish immigrants who have become union leaders in the UK.