The Peston Podcast

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ What kind of impact will Dominic Cummings’s renewed criticism have on the popularity and credibility of the government?
❷ How much are politicians in the UK exploiting ‘culture wars’?
❸ Will we get back to something that looks like 'normal' on July 19th?

All this and more as we join ITV’s Political Editor Robert Peston with Former No.10 Race Adviser Samuel Kasumu, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Musician Professor Green, Labour’s Dawn Butler MP and former Health Secretary and Chair of the Health Select Committee Jeremy Hunt.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ Should wealthier countries do more to fight COVID? And when will the whole world be vaccinated?
❷ Does the UK Government still hope to find a negotiated settlement with the EU to resolve the sausage import dilemma?

All this and more as we join ITV’s Political Editor Robert Peston with former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis MP, CEO of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance Dr Seth Berkley, Former professional boxer and Olympic gold medalist Nicola Adams, Labour’s Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin and Former Conservative Home Secretary Amber Rudd.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ After Dominic Cummings’ 7-hour testimony, we’re asking Is the PM incompetent? Should the Health Secretary resign? How many additional lives were lost as a result of the PM’s refusal to go for a 2nd lockdown?
❷ How do we eliminate hate from social media?

All this and more as we join ITV’s Political Editor Robert Peston with Housing and Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick MP, Epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Professor John Edmunds, Former Manchester United footballer and 'Hope United' Manager Rio Ferdinand, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth MP and the Conservative's Former Brexit Secretary David Davis MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ Will the Indian variant prevent the final unlocking on the 21st June?
❷ Why can’t we go to amber list countries in Europe for our holidays given that it’s no longer illegal?
❸ Could Keir Starmer survive as Labour leader if they lose the Batley and Spen by-election?

All this and more as we join ITV’s Political Editor Robert Peston with Justice Secretary Robert Buckland QC MP, Chief Executive of Ryan Air Michael O'Leary, Imperial College London epidemiologist Professor Neil Ferguson, former Downing Street Chief of Staff Nick Timothy and Labour's Rebecca Long-Bailey MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ Can Labour recover from its dreadful performance in last week’s elections?
❷ How will the Online Harms Bill protect vulnerable people and young children from toxic material online?
❸ Is there a role for banks in tackling climate change?

All this and more as we join ITV’s Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Oliver Dowden MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy MP, Former Governor of the Bank of England and Finance Advisor for COP26 Mark Carney, former Leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson and former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ Is there any chance we can be COVID safe in the UK with the pandemic still raging across the rest of the world?
❷ What prospects are there for us to have summer holidays abroad this year?

All this and more as we join ITV’s Political Editor Robert Peston. as he sits down with Chief Executive of EasyJet Johan Lundgren, Covid-19 Technical Lead for the World Health Organisation Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey MP, former Downing Street Chief of Staff Lord Barwell and former Labour Party Deputy Leader Tom Watson.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ How damaged is the Prime Minister by the disclosures that he borrowed money from the Tory party to finance the redecoration of his Downing Street home? And also by the charge that he made extraordinary remarks before the 2nd lockdown that he would rather see ‘bodies piling high in the streets’ rather than have a 3rd lockdown?
❷ How do we get the scourge of racism off social media especially when it relates to footballers?
❸ Should we be doing more to help India obtain more vaccines? And what kind of booster will those who have already been vaccinated in the UK be getting in the autumn?

Listen to all this and more as we join ITV’s Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Leader of the Opposition Keir Starmer MP, Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi MP, Sheffield United footballer David McGoldrick, the Conservative's Dehenna Davison MP and Labour's Jon Cruddas MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing three big topics:

❶ Why did Johnny Mercer resign as minister in charge of improving the lives of veterans?
❷ How will the First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon get her independence referendum?
❸ What is the significance of the conviction of George Floyd’s murderer in America?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with former Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer MP, First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, Shadow Justice Secretary David Lammy MP, former Shadow Chancellor Labour's John McDonnell MP and the Conservative's Andrea Jenkyns MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing two important topics:

❶ How do we prevent a third COVID19 wave?
❷ How should lobbying rules be changed after the David Cameron - Greensil Capital debacle?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with Epidemiologist Professor John Edmunds, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Rachel Reeves MP, Lobbyist and Chairman of Cicero Group Iain Anderson, Conservative peer Lord Vaizey and Labour's Dawn Butler MP.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we’re discussing:

❶ What will our economic recovery look like? How quick will it be?
❷ Has peace broken out in the vaccine war between the UK and EU?
❸ Are the new asylum laws brought forward by the Home Secretary humane or heartless?

Join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston as he sits down with International Trade and Women and Equalities Secretary Liz Truss MP, Chief Economist at the Bank of England Andy Haldane, Actor and Ambassador for the British Red Cross Jason Isaacs, Former Conservative Home Secretary Amber Rudd and Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee Labour’s Yvette Cooper MP.