How do people like Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin really hold onto power? The Pulitzer-prize winning historian and author of 'Autocracy Inc', Anne Applebaum, gives her take on how dictators like the Russian president prop themselves up, and the approaching inflection point in American politics.

Plus: Columnists Manveen Rana and Jimmy McLoughlin discuss the new deal to stave off rail strikes, the tug of war for Labour's affections between big business and union bosses and today's record-breaking A level results.

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